GUSTAVE    DOR]£. 


THE 


ORE  Bible  Gallery, 


CONTAINING 


ONE    HUNDRED    SUPERB    ILLUSTRATIONS,  AND   A    PAGE    OF    EXPLANATORY 

LETTER-PRESS    FACING  EACH. 


ILLUSTRATED    BY 


GUSTAVE   DORE. 


CHICAGO: 

MORRILL,  HIGGINS  &  CO. 

1892. 


W.   a.  CONKCV  CO. 
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PREFACE. 

This  volume,  as  its  title  indicates,  is  a  collection  of  engravings  illustrative  of  the  Bible — the 
designs  being  all  from  the  pencil  of  the  greatest  of  modern  delineators,  Gustave  Dor6.  The  original 
work,  from  which  this  collection  has  been  made,  met  with  an  immediate  and  warm  recognition  and 
acceptance  among  those  whose  means  admitted  of  its  purchase,  and  its  popularity  has  in  no  wise 
diminished  since  its  first  publication,  but  has  even  extended  to  those  who  could  only  enjoy  it  casually, 
or  in  fragmentary  parts.  That  work,  however,  in  its  entirety,  was  far  too  costly  for  the  larger  and 
ever-widening  circle  of  M.  Dora's  admirers,  and  to  meet  the  felt  and  often-expressed  want  of  this  class, 
and  to  provide  a  volume  of  choice  and  valuable  designs  upon  sacred  subjects  for  art-loving  Biblical 
students  generally,  this  work  was  projected  and  has  been  carried  forward.  The  aim  has  been  to 
introduce  subjects  of  general  interest — that  is,  those  relating  to  the  most  prominent  events  and 
personages  of  Scripture — those  most  familiar  to  all  readers;  the  plates  being  chosen  with  special 
reference  to  the  known  taste  of  the  American  people.  To  each  cut  is  prefixed  a  page  of  letter-press, 
in  narrative  form,  and  containing  generally  a  brief  analysis  of  the  design.  Aside  from  the  labors  of 
the  editor  and  publishers,  the  work,  while  in  progress,  was  under  the  pains-taking  and  careful  scrutiny 
of  artists  and  scholars  not  directly  interested  in  the  undertaking,  but  still  having  a  generous  solicitude 
for  its  success.  It  is  hoped,  therefore,  that  its  general  plan  and  execution  will  render  it  acceptable 
both  to  the  appreciative  and  friendly  patrons  of  the  great  artist,  and  to  those  who  would  wish  to 
possess  such  a  work  solely  as  a  choice  collection  of  illustrations  upon  sacred  themes. 

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GUSTAVE   DORK 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  is,  perhaps,  the  most  original  and  variously  gifted  designer  the  world 
nas  ever  known.  At  an  age  when  most  men  have  scarcely  passed  their  novitiate  in  art,  and  are  still 
under  the  direction  and  discipline  of  their  masters  and  the  schools,  he  had  won  a  brilliant  reputation, 
and  readers  and  scholars  everywhere  were  gazing  on  his  work  with  ever-increasing  wonder  and  delight 
at  his  fine  fancy  and  multifarious  gifts.  He  has  raised  illustrative  art  to  a  dignity  and  importance 
before  unknown,  and  has  developed  capacities  for  the  pencil  before  unsuspected.  He  has  laid  all 
subjects  tribute  to  his  genius,  explored  and  embellished  fields  hitherto  lying  waste,  and  opened  new 
and  shining  paths  and  vistas  where  none  before  had  trod.  To  the  works  of  the  great  he  has  added 
the  lustre  of  his  genius,  bringing  their  beauties  into  clearer  view  and  warming  them  to  a  fuller  life. 

His  delineations  of  character,  in  the  different  phases  of  life,  from  the  horrible  to  the  grotesque,  the 
grand  to  the  comic,  attest  the  versatility  of  his  powers;  and,  whatever  faults  may  be  found  by  critics, 
the  public  will  heartily  render  their  quota  of  admiration  to  his  magic  touch,  his  rich  and  facile 
rendering  of  almost  every  thought  that  stirs,  or  lies  yet  dormant,  in  the  human  heart.  It  is  useless 
to  attempt  a  sketch  of  his  various  beauties;  those  who  would  know  them  best  must  seek  them  in  the 
treasure-house  that  his  genius  is  constantly  augmenting  with  fresh  gems  and  wealth.  To  one,  however, 
of  his  most  prominent  traits  we  will  refer — his  wonderful  rendering  of  the  powers  of  Nature. 

His  early  wanderings  in  the  wild  and  romantic  passes  of  the  Vosges  doubtless  developed  this 
inherent  tendency  of  his  mind.  There  he  wandered,  and  there,  mayhap,  imbibed  that  deep  delight  of 
wood  and  valley,  mountain-pass  and  rich  ravine,  whose  variety  of  form  and  detail  seems  endless  to  the 
enchanted  eye.  He  has  caught  the  very  spell  of  the  wilderness;  she  has  laid  her  hand  upon  him, 
and  he  has  gone  forth  with  her  blessing.  So  bold  and  truthful  and  minute  are  his  countless  representations 
of  forest  scenery;  so  delicate  the  tracery  of  branch  and  stem;  so  patriarchal  the  giant  boles  of  his 
woodland  monarchs,  that  the  gazer  is  at  once  satisfied  and  entranced.  His  vistas  lie  slumbering  with 
repose  either  in  shadowy  glade  or  fell  ravine,  either  with  glint  of  lake  or  the  glad,  long  course  of  some 
rejoicing  stream,  and  above  all,  supreme  in  a  beauty  all  its  own,  he  spreads  a  canopy  of  peerless  sky, 
or  a  wilderness,  perhaps,  of  angry  storm,  or  peaceful  stretches  of  soft,  fleecy  cloud,  or  heavens  serene 
and  fair — another  kingdom  to  his  teeming  art,  after  the  earth  has  rendered  all  her  gifts. 

Paul  Gustave  Dore  was  born  in  the  city  of  Strasburg,  January  lo,  1833.  Of  his  boyhood  we  have 
no  very  particular  account.  At  eleven  years  of  age,  however,  he  essayed  his  first  artistic  creation — a 
set  of  lithographs,  published  in  his  native   city.     The  following  year  found  him  in  Paris,  entered  as  a 

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student  at  the  Charlemagne  Lyceum.  His  first  actual  work  began  in  1848,  when  his  fine  series  of 
sketches,  the  "  Labors  of  Hercules,"  was  given  to  the  public  through  the  medium  of  an  illustrated 
journal  with  which  he  was  for  a  long  time  connected  as  designer.  In  1856  were  published  the 
illustrations  for  Balzac's  "  Contes  Drolatiques  "  and  those  for  "  The  Wandering  Jew  " — the  first  humorous 
and  grotesque  in  the  highest  degree — indeed,  showing  a  perfect  abandonment  to  fancy ;  the  other  weird 
and  supernatural,  with  fierce  battles,  shipwrecks,  turbulent  mobs,  and  nature  in  her  most  forbidding  and 
terrible  aspects.  Every  incident  or  suggestion  that  could  possibly  make  the  story  more  effective,  or  add 
to  the  horror  of  the  scenes  was  seized  upon  and  portrayed  with  wonderful  power.  These  at  once  gave 
the  young  designer  a  great  reputation,  which  was  still  more  enhanced  by  his  subsequent  works. 

With  all  his  love  for  nature  and  his  power  of  interpreting  her  in  her  varying  moods,  Dor6  was  a 
dreamer,  and  many  of  his  finest  achievements  were  in  the  realm  of  the  imagination.  But  he  was  at  home 
in  the  actual  world  also,  as  witness  his  designs  for  "Atala,"  "London — a  Pilgrimage,"  and  many  of  the 
scenes  in  "  Don  Quixote." 

When  account  is  taken  of  the  variety  of  his  designs,  and  the  fact  considered  that  in  almost  every 
task  he  attempted  none  had  ventured  before  him,  the  amount  of  work  he  accomplished  is  fairly 
incredible.  To  enumerate  the  immense  tasks  he  undertook — some  single  volumes  alone  containing 
hundreds  of  illustrations — will  give  some  faint  idea  of  his  industry.  Besides  those  already  mentioned 
are  Montaigne,  Dante,  the  Bible,  Milton,  Rabelais,  Tennyson's  "Idyls  of  the  King,"  "The  Ancient 
Mariner,"  Shakespeare,  "  Legende  de  Croquemitaine,"  "La  Fontaine's  Fables,"  and  others  still. 

Take  one  of  these  works — the  Dante.  La  Fontaine,  or  "  Don  Quixote" — and  glance  at  the  pictures. 
The  mere  hand  labor  involved  in  their  production  is  surprising;  but  when  the  quality  of  the  work  is 
properly  estimated,  what  he  accomplished  seems  prodigious.  No  particular  mention  need  be  made  of 
him  as  painter  or  sculptor,  for  his  reputation  rests  solely  upon  his  work  as  an  illustrator. 

Dora's  nature  was  exuberant  and  buoyant,  and  he  was  youthful  in  appearance.  He  had  a  passion 
for  music,  possessed  rare  skill  as  a  violinist,  and  it  is  assumed  that,  had  he  failed  to  succeed  with  his 
pencil,  he  could  have  won  a  brilliant  reputation  as  a  musician. 

He  was  a  bachelor,  and  lived  a  quiet,  retired  life  with  his  mother — married,  as  he  expressed  it.,  to 
her  and  his  art.     His  death  occurred  on  January  23,  1883. 


LIST    OF    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


GUSTAVE  DORE,        .............  Frontispiece 

The  Creation  of  Eve, i 

The  Expulsion  from  the  Garden, 2 

The  Murder  of  Abel, 3 

The  Deluge, 4 

Noah  Cursing  Ham, 5 

The  Tower  of  Babel, 6 

Abraham  Entertains  Three  Strangers, 7 

The  Destruction  of  Sodom, ...  8 

The  Expulsion  of  Hagar,             9 

Hagar  in  the  Wilderness, .10 

The  Trial  of  the  Faith  of  Abraham, 11 

The  Burial  of  Sarah, .  12 

Eliezer  and  Rebekah, 13 

Isaac  Blessing  Jacob, 14 

Jacob  Tending  the  Flocks  of  Laban,         . 15 

Joseph  Sold  into  Egypt, 16 

Joseph  Interpreting  Pharaoh's  Dream, 17 

Joseph  Making  Himself  Known  to  His  Brethren, 18 

Moses  in  the  Bulrushes, 19 

The  War  Against  Gibeon, 20 

SiSERA  Slain  by  Jael, 21 

Deborah's  Song  of  Triumph, 22 

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list  of  illustrations. 

Jephthah  Met  by  His  Daughter, 23 

Jephthah's  Daughter  and  her  Companions, 24 

Samson  Slaying  the  Lion, 25 

Samson  and  Delilah,            26 

The  Death  of  Samson, 27 

Naomi  and  her  Daughters-in-Law, 28 

Ruth  and  Boaz, .  29 

The  Return  of  the  Ark, 30 

Saul  and  David, 31 

David  Sparing  Saul, 32 

Death  of  Saul, •        •        •         •  33 

The  Death  of  Absalom, 34 

David  Mourning  over  Absalom, 35 

Solomon,       .* 36 

The  Judgment  of  Solomon, 37 

The  Cedars  Destined  for  the  Temple 38 

The  Prophet  Slain  by  a  Lion, .        .         .  39 

Elijah  Destroying  the  Messengers  of  Ahaziah, 40 

Elijah's  Ascent  in  a  Chariot  of  Fire, 41 

Death  of  Jezebel, 42 

Esther  Confounding  Haman, 43 

Isaiah, .         .44 

Destruction  of  Sennacherib's  Host, 45 

Baruch, 46 

EzEKiEL  Prophesying, 47 

The  Vision  of  Ezekiel, 48 

Daniel, 49 

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LIST   OF   ILLUSTRATIONS. 


The  Pharisee  and  the  Publican, 

Jesus  and  the  Woman  of  Samaria, 

Jesus  and  the  Woman  Taken  in  Adultery, 

The  Resurrection  of  Lazarus, 

Mary  Magdalene, 

The  Last  Supper, 

The  Agony  in  the  Garden, 

Prayer  of  Jesus  in  the  Garden  of  Olives, 

The  Betrayal,       ..... 

Christ  Fainting  Under  the  Cross,     . 

The  Flagellation, 

The  Crucifixion, 

Close  of  the  Crucifixion,  . 

The  Burial  of  Jesus, 

The  Angel  at  the  Sepulcher, 

The  Journey  to  Emmaus, 

The  Ascension, 

The  Martyrdom  of  St.  Stephen, 

Saul's  Conversion, 

The  Deliverance  of  St.  Peter, 

Paul  at  Ephesus, 

Paul  Menaced  by  the  Jews, 

Paul's  Shipwreck, 

Death  on  the  Pale  Horse, 


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THE  CREATION  OF  EVE. 


"  And  the  Lord  God  said,  it  is  not  good  that  the  man  should  be  alone ;  I  will  make  him  a 
helpmeet  for  him.         .         .         .  And  the  Lord  God  caused  a  deep  sleep  to  fall  on  Adam, 

and  he  slept,  and  he  took  one  of  his  ribs,  and  closed  up  the  flesh  instead  thereof ;  and  the  rib 
which  the  Lord  God  had  taken  from  man,  made  he  a  woman,  and  brought  her  unto  the  man. 
And  Adam  said.  This  is  now  bone  of  my  bone  and  flesh  of  my  flesh  :  she  shall  be  called 
Woman,  because  she  was  taken  out  of  man.  Therefore  shall  a  man  leave  his  father  and 
mother,  and  shall  cleave  unto  his  wife,  and  they  shall  be  one  flesh." — Genesis  it,  i8,  21-24. 

In  these  few  words  the  Scriptures  narrate  the  creation  of  the  first  mother  of  our  race.  In 
**  Paradise  Lost,"  the  poetic  genius  of  Milton,  going  more  into  detail,  describes  how  Eve 
awoke  to  consciousness,  and  found  herself  reposing  under  a  shade  of  flowers,  much  wondering 
what  she  was  and  whence  she  came.  Wandering  by  the  margin  of  a  small  lake,  she  sees  her  own 
form  mirrored  in  the  clear  waters,  at  which  she  wonders  more.  But  a  voice  is  heard,  leading 
her  to  him  for  whom  she  was  made,  who  lies  sleeping  under  a  grateful  shade.  It  is  at  this 
point  the  artist  comes  to  interpret  the  poet's  dream.  Amid  the  varied  and  luxurious  foliage  of 
Eden,  in  the  vague  light  of  the  early  dawn,  Eve  is  presented,  coy  and  graceful,  gazing  on  her 
sleeping  Lord,  while  in  the  background  is  faintly  outlined  the  mystic  form  of  Him  in  whose 
image  they  were  created. 


THE  EXPULSION  FROM  THE  GARDEN. 


And  the  Lord  God  said,  Behold,  the  man  is  become  as  one  of  us,  to  know  good  and  evil; 
and  now,  lest  he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  take  also  of  the  tree  of  life,  and  eat,  and  live  forever: 
Therefore,  the  Lord  God  sent  him  forth  from  the  garden  of  Eden,  to  till  the  ground  from 
whence  he  was  taken.  So  he  drove  out  the  man  ;  and  he  placed  at  the  east  of  the  garden  of 
Eden  cherubims,  and  a  flaming  sword  which  turned  every  way,  to  keep  the  way  of  the  tree  of 
life. — Genesis  iii,  22-2/}.. 

They,  looking  back,  all  the  eastern  side  beheld 
Of  Paradise,  so  late  their  happy  seat, 
Waved  over  by  that  flaming  brand;  the  gate, 
With  dreadful  forces  thronged,  and  fiery  arms  : 
Some  natural  tears  they  dropped,  but  wiped  them  soon; 
The  world  was  all  before  them,  where  to  choose 
Their  place  of  rest,  and  Providence  their  guide; 
They,  hand  in  hand,  with  wandering  steps  and  slow. 
Through  Eden  took  their  solitary  way. 

Paradise  Lost,  Book  XII. 


THE  MURDER  OF  ABEL. 


And  Adam  knew  Eve  his  wife  ;  and  she  conceived,  and  bare  Cain,  and  said,  I  have  gotten 
a  man  from  the  Lord.  And  she  again  bare  his  brother  Abel.  And  Abel  was  a  keeper  of 
sheep,  but  Cain  was  a  tiller  of  the  ground.  And  in  process  of  time  it  came  to  pass,  that  Cain 
brought  of  the  fruit  of  the  ground  an  offering  unto  the  Lord.  And  Abel,  he  also  brought  of 
the  firstlings  of  his  flock  and  of  the  fat  thereof.  And  the  Lord  had  respect  unto  Abel  and  to 
his  offering :  But  unto  Cain  and  to  his  offering  he  had  not  respect.  And  Cain  was  very  wroth, 
and  his  countenance  fell.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Cain,  Why  art  thou  wroth  ?  and  why  is  thy 
countenance  fallen  ?  If  thou  doest  well,  shalt  thou  not  be  accepted  ?  and  if  thou  doest  not 
well,  sin  lieth  at  the  door,  and  unto  thee  shall  be  his  desire,  and  thou  shalt  rule  over  him. 
And  Cain  talked  with  Abel  his  brother :  and  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were  in  the  field,  that 
Cain  rose  up  against  Abel  his  brother,  and  slew  him. 

And  the  Lord  said  unto  Cain,  Where  is  Abel  thy  brother?  And  he  said,  I  know  not: 
Am  I  my  brother's  keeper  ?  And  he  said.  What  hast  thou  done  ?  the  voice  of  thy  brother's 
blood  crieth  unto  me  from  the  ground.  And  now  art  thou  cursed  from  the  earth,  which  hath 
opened  her  mouth  to  receive  thy  brother's  blood  from  thy  hand  ;  When  thou  tillest  the  ground, 
it  shall  not  henceforth  yield  unto  thee  her  strength  ;  a  fugitive  and  a  vagabond  shalt  thou  be  in 
the  earth.  And  Cain  said  unto  the  Lord,  My  punishment  is  greater  than  I  can  bear.  Behold, 
thou  hast  driven  me  out  this  day  from  the  face  of  the  earth  ;  and  from  thy  face  shall  I  be  hid  ; 
and  I  shall  be  a  fugitive  and  a  vagabond  in  the  earth  ;  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every  one 
that  findeth  me  shall  slay  me.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Therefore  whosoever  slayeth 
Cain,  vengeance  sh'all  be  taken  on  him  sevenfold.  And  the  Lord  set  a  mark  upon  Cain,  lest 
any  finding  him  should  kill  him. 

And  Cain  went  out  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  and  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Nod,  on' the 
east  of  Eden. — Genesis  iv,  1-16. 


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THE  DELUGE. 


In  the  six  hundredth  year  of  Noah's  life,  in  the  second  month,  the  seventeenth  day  of  the 
month,  the  same  day  were  all  the  fountains  of  the  great  deep  broken  up,  and  the  windows  of 
heaven  were  opened.     And  the  rain  was  upon  the  earth  forty  days  and  forty  nights. 

In  the  selfsame  day  entered  Noah,  and  Shem,  and  Ham,  and  Japheth,  the  sons  of  Noah, 
and  Noah's  wife,  and  the  three  wives  of  his  sons  with  them,  into  the  ark  ;  they,  and  every 
beast  after  his  kind,  and  all  the  cattle  after  their  kind,  and  every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth 
upon  the  earth  after  his  kind,  and  every  fowl  after  his  kind,  every  bird  of  every  sort.  And 
they  went  in  unto  Noah  into  the  ark,  two  and  two  of  all  flesh,  wherein  is  the  breath  of  life. 
And  they  that  went  in,  went  in  male  and  female  of  all  flesh,  as  God  had  commanded  him  :  and 
the  Lord  shut  him  in. 

And  the  flood  was  forty  days  upon  the  earth  ;  and  the  waters  increased,  and  bare  up  the 
ark,  and  it  was  lift  up  above  the  earth.  And  the  waters  prevailed,  and  were  increased, 
greatly  upon  the  earth ;  and  the  ark  went  upon  the  face  of  the  waters.  And  the  waters  pre- 
vailed exceedingly  upon  the  earth  ;  and  all  the  high  hills,  that  were  under  the  whole  heaven, 
were  covered.  Fifteen  cubits  upward  did  the  waters  prevail ;  and  the  mountains  were  covered. 
And  all  flesh  died  that  moved  upon  the  earth,  both  of  fowl,  and  of  cattle,  and  of  beast, 
and  of  every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the  earth,  and  every  man  ;  all  in  whose 
nostrils  was  the  breath  of  life,  of  all  that  was  in  the  dry  land,  died.  And  every  living  sub- 
stance was  destroyed  which  was  upon  the  face  of  the  ground,  both  man  and  cattle,  and  the 
creeping  things,  and  the  fowl  of  the  heaven  ;  and  they  were  destroyed  from  the  earth  ;  and 
Noah  only  remained  alive,  and  they  that  were  with  him  in  the  ark. 

And  the  w^aters  prevailed  upon  the  earth  an  hundred  and  fifty  days. — Genesis  vii,  ii  24, 


NOAH    CURSING    HAM. 


And  the  sons  of  Noah,  that  went  forth  of  the  ark,  were  Shem,  and  Ham,  and  Japheth; 
and  Ham  is  the  father  of  Canaan.  These  «r^  the  three  sons  of  Noah  :  and  of  them  was  the 
whole  earth  overspread. 

And  Noah  began  to  be  an  husbandman,  and  he  planted  a  vineyard  :  And  he  drank  of  the 
wine,  and  was  drunken  ;  and  he  was  uncovered  within  his  tent.  And  Ham,  the  father  of 
Canaan,  saw  the  nakedness  of  his  father,  and  told  his  two  brethren  without.  And  Shem  and 
Japheth  took  a  garment,  and  laid  it  upon  both  their  shoulders,  and  went  backward,  and 
covered  the  nakedness  of  their  father ;  and  their  faces  were  backward,  and  they  saw  not  their 
father's  nakedness.  And  Noah  awoke  from  his  wine,  and  knew  what  his  younger  son  had 
done  unto  him.  And  he  said,  Cursed  be  Canaan  ;  a  servant  of  servants  shall  he  be  unto  his 
brethren.  And  he  said.  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Shem  ;  and  Canaan  shall  be  his  servant. 
God  shall  enlarge  Japheth,  and  he  shall  dwell  in  the  tents  of  Shem  ;  and  Canaan  shall  be  his 
servant. — Ge?iesis  ix,  18-2'/. 


THE  TOWER  OF  BABEL. 


And  the  whole  earth  was  of  one  language,  and  of  one  speech. 

And  It  came  to  pass  as  they  journeyed  from  the  east,  that  they  found  a  plain  in  the  land 
of  Shinar ;  and  they  dwelt  there.  And  they  said  one  to  another,  Go  to,  let  us  make  brick,  and 
burn  them  thoroughly.  And  they  had  brick  for  stone,  and  slime  had  they  for  mortar.  And 
they  said,  Go  to,  let  us  build  us  a  city  and  a  tower,  whose  top  may  reach  unto  heaven  ;  and  let 
us  make  us  a  name,  lest  we  be  scattered  abroad  upon  the  face  of  the  whole  earth. 

And  the  Lord  came  down  to  see  the  city  and  the  tower  which  the  children  of  men  builded. 
And  the  Lord  said.  Behold,  the  people  is  one,  and  they  have  all  one  language  ;  and  this  they 
begin  to  do :  and  now  nothing  will  be  restrained  from  them,  which  they  have  imagined  to  do. 
Go  to,  let  us  go  down,  and  there  confound  their  language,  that  they  may  not  understand  one 
another's  speech. 

So  the  Lord  scattered  them  abroad  from  thence  upon  the  face  of  all  the  earth :  and  they 
left  off  to  build  the  city. 

Therefore  is  the  name  of  it  called  Babel  ;  because  the  Lord  did  there  confound  the 
language  of  all  the  earth  :  and  from  thence  did  the  Lord  scatter  them  abroad  upon  the  face  of 
all  the  earth. — Genesis  xi,  i-g. 


ABRAHAM    ENTERTAINS   THREE    STRANGERb. 


In  the  selfsame  day  was  Abraham  circumcised,  and  Ishmael  his  son.  And  all  the  men  of 
his  house,  born  in  the  house,  and  bought  with  money  of  the  stranger,  were  circumcised  with  him. 

And  the  Lord  appeared  unto  him  in  the  plains  of  Mamre :  and  he  sat  in  the  tent  door  in 
the  heat  of  the  day  ;  and  he  lift  up  his  eyes  and  looked,  and,  lo,  three  men  stood  by  him  :  and 
when  he  saw  them,  he  ran  to  meet  them  from  the  tent  door,  and  bowed  himself  toward  the 
(ground,  and  said,  My  Lord,  if  now  I  have  found  favour  in  thy  sight,  pass  not  away,  I  pray 
thee,  from  thy  servant :  let  a  little  water,  I  pray  you,  be  fetched,  and  wash  your  feet,  and  rest 
yourselves  under  the  tree :  And  I  will  fetch  a  morsel  of  bread,  and  comfort  ye  your  hearts ; 
after  that  ye  shall  pass  on  :  for  therefore  are  ye  come  to  your  servant.  And  they  said,  So  do, 
as  thou  hast  said. 

And  Abraham  hastened  into  the  tent  unto  Sarah,  and  said.  Make  ready  quickly  three 
measures  of  fine  meal,  knead  it,  and  make  cakes  upon  the  hearth.  And  Abraham  ran  unto  the 
herd,  and  fetched  a  calf  tender  and  good,  and  gave  it  unto  a  young  man  ;  and  he  hasted  to 
dress  it.  And  he  took  butter,  and  milk,  and  the  calf  which  he  had  dressed,  and  set  it  before 
them;  and  he  stood  by  them  under  the  tree,  and  they  did  eat. — Genesis  xvzi,  26,  2y; 
xviti,  1-8. 

Be  not  forgetful  to  entertain  strangers  :  for  thereby  some  have  entertained  angels  unawares. 
— Hebrews  xiii,  2. 


THE  DESTRUCTION  OF  SODOM. 


And  when  the  morning  arose,  then  the  angels  hastened  Lot,  saying,  Arise,  take  thy  wife, 
and  thy  two  daughters,  which  are  here;  lest  thou  be  consumed  in  the  iniquity  of  the  city. 
And  while  he  lingered,  the  men  laid  hold  upon  his  hand,  and  upon  the  hand  of  his  wife,  and 
upon  the  hand  of  his  two  daughters ;  the  Lord  being  merciful  unto  him :  and  they  brought 
him  forth,  and  set  him  without  the  city. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had  brought  them  forth  abroad,  that  he  said,  Escape  for 
thy  life ;  look  not  behind  thee,  neither  stay  thou  in  all  the  plain  ;  escape  to  the  mountain,  lest 
thou  be  consumed.  And  Lot  said  unto  them,  Oh,  not  so,  my  Lord.  Behold  now,  thy  servant 
hath  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  and  thou  hast  magnified  thy  mercy,  which  thou  hast  shewed 
unto  me  in  saving  my  life ;  and  I  cannot  escape  to  the  mountain,  lest  some  evil  take  me  and 
I  die.  Behold  now  this  city  is  near  to  flee  unto,  and  it  is  a  little  one :  Oh,  let  me  escape, 
thither  (is  it  not  a  little  one?),  and  my  soul  shall  live.  And  he  said  unto  him.  See,  I  have 
accepted  thee  concerning  this  thing  also,  that  I  will  not  overthrow  this  city,  for  the  which  thou 
hast  spoken.  Haste  thee,  escape  thither  ;  for  I  cannot  do  anything  till  thou  be  come  thither. 
Th^.refore  the  name  of  the  city  was  called  Zoar. 

The  sun  was  risen  upon  the  earth  when  Lot  entered  unto  Zoar.  Then  the  Lord  rained 
upon  Sodom  and  upon  Gomorrah  brimstone  and  fire  from  the  Lord  out  of  heaven  ;  and  he 
overthrew  those  cities,  and  all  the  plain,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  cities,  and  that  which 
grew  upon  the  ground. 

But  his  wife  looked  back  from  behind  him,  and  she  became  a  pillar  of  salt. 

And  Abraham  gat  up  early  in  the  morning  to  the  place  where  he  stood  before  the  Lord  : 
and  he  looked  toward  Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  and  toward  all  the  land  of  the  plain,  and  beheld, 
and  lo,  the  smoke  of  the  country  went  up  as  the  smoke  of  a  furnace. —  GenesiK  :nx,  1 5-28. 


THE    EXPULSION    OF    HAGAR. 


And  the  Lord  visited  Sarah  as  he  had  said,  and  the  Lord  did  unto  Sarah  as  he  had 
spoken.  For  Sarah  conceived,  and  bare  Abraham  a  son  in  his  old  age,  at  the  set  time  of 
which  God  had  spoken  to  him.  And  Abraham  called  the  name  of  his  son  that  was  born  unto 
him,  whom  Sarah  bare  to  him,  Isaac.  And  Abraham  circumcised  his  son  Isaac,  being  eight 
days  old,  as  God  had  commanded  him.  And  Abraham  was  an  hundred  years  old,  when  his 
son  Isaac  was  born  unto  him. 

And  Sarah  said,  God  hath  made  me  to  laugh,  so  that  all  that  hear  will  laugh  with 
me.  And  she  said,  Who  would  have  said  unto  Abraham,  that  Sarah  should  have  given  children 
suck  ?  for  I  have  born  him  a  son  in  his  old  age.  And  the  child  grew,  and  was  weaned  :  and 
Abraham  made  a  great  feast  the  same  day  that  Isaac  was  weaned. 

And  Sarah  saw  the  son  of  Hagar,  the  Egyptian,  which  she  had  born  unto  Abraham, 
mocking.  Wherefore  she  said  unto  Abraham,  Cast  out  this  bondwoman  and  her  son  ;  for  the 
son  of  this  bondwoman  shall  not  be  heir  with  my  son,  even  with  Isaac. 

And  the  thing  was  very  grievous  in  Abraham's  sight  because  of  his  son.  And  God  said 
unto  Abraham,  Let  it  not  be  grievous  in  thy  sight  because  of  the  lad,  and  because  of  thy 
bondwoman  ;  in  all  that  Sarah  hath  said  unto  thee,  hearken  unto  her  voice  ;  for  in  Isaac  shall 
thy  seed  be  called.  And  also  of  the  son  of  the  bondwoman  will  I  make  a  nation,  because  he 
is  thy  seed. 

And  Abraham  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and  took  bread,  and  a  bottle  of  water,  and 
gave  it  unto  Hagar,  putting  it  on  her  shoulder,  and  the  child,  and  sent  her  away  :  and  she 
departed,  and  wandered  in  the  wilderness  of  Beer-sheba. — Genesis  xxi,  1-14, 


THE  TRIAL  OF  THE  FAITH  OF  ABRAHAM. 


And  It  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that  God  did  tempt  Abraham,  and  said  unto 
him,  Abraham  :  and  he  said.  Behold,  here  I  am.  And  he  said.  Take  now  thy  son,  thine 
only  son  Isaac,  whom  thou  lovest,  and  get  thee  into  the  land  of  Moriah  ;  and  offer  him 
there  for  a  burnt  offering  upon  one  of  the  mountains  which   I   will  tell  thee  of. 

And  Abraham  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and  saddled  his  ass,  and  took  two  of  his 
young  men  with  him,  and  Isaac  his  son,  and  clave  the  wood  for  the  burnt  offering,  and 
rose  up  and  went  unto  the  place  of  which  God  had  told  him.  Then  on  the  third  day 
Abraham  lifted  up  his  eyes  and  saw  the  place  afar  off.  And  Abraham  said  unto  his  young 
men.  Abide  ye  here  with  the  ass ;  and  I  and  the  lad  will  go  yonder  and  worship,  and  come 
again  to  you.  And  Abraham  took  the  wood  of  the  burnt  offering  and  laid  it  upon  Isaac 
his  son  ;  and  he  took  the  fire  in  his  hand  and  a  knife,  and  they  went  both  of  them  together. 
And  Isaac  spake  unto  Abraham  his  father,  and  said,  My  father:  and  he  said.  Here  am  I, 
my  son.  And  he  said.  Behold  the  fire  and  the  wood:  but  where  is  the  lamb  for  a  burnt 
offering?  And  Abraham  said,  My  son,  God  will  provide  himself  a  lamb  for  a  burnt  offering: 
so  they  went  both  of  them  together.  And  they  came  to  the  place  which  God  had  told 
him  of;  and  Abraham  built  an  altar  there,  and  laid  the  wood  in  order,  and  bound  Isaac 
his  son,  and  laid  him  on  the  altar  upon  the  wood.  And  Abraham  stretched  forth  his  hand 
and  took  the  knife  to  slay  his  son.  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  called  unto  him  out 
of  heaven,  and  said,  Abraham,  Abraham :  and  he  said,  Here  am  I.  And  he  said,  Lay  not 
thine  hand  upon  the  lad,  neither  do  thou  anything  unto  him:  for  now  I  know  that  thou 
fearest  God,  seeing  thou  hast  not  withheld  thy  son,  thine  only  son,  from  me.  And  Abraham 
lifted  up  his  eyes  and  looked,  and  behold  behind  him  a  ram  caught  in  a  thicket  by  his 
horns  :  and  Abraham  went  and  took  the  ram,  and  offered  him  up  for  a  burnt  offering  in 
the  stead  of  his  son. 

And  Abraham  called  the  name  of  that  place  Jehovah-jireh :  as  it  is  to  this  day.  In  the 
mount  of  the  Lord  it  shall  be  seen. 

And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  called  unto  Abraham  out  of  heaven  the  second  time,  and 
said,  By  myself  have  I  sworn,  saith  the  Lord,  for  because  thou  hast  done  this  thing,  and  hast 
not  withheld  thy  son,  thine  only  son,  that  in  blessing  I  will  bless  thee,  and  in  multiplying 
I  will  multiply  thy  seed  as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  as  the  sand  which  is  upon  the  sea  shore ; 
and  thy  seed  shall  possess  the  gate  of  his  enemies;  and  in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations 
of  the  earth  be  blessed,  because  thou  hast  obeyed  my  voice, — Genesis  xxii.  1-18. 


II 


THE    BURIAL   OF   SARAH. 


And  Sarah  was  an  hundred  and  seven  and  twenty  years  old  .  these  were  the  years  of  the 
life  of  Sarah.  And  Sarah  died  in  Kirjath-arba  ;  the  same  is  Hebron  in  the  land  of  Canaan  : 
and  Abraham  came  to  mourn  for  Sarah,  and  to  weep  for  her. 

And  Abraham  stood  up  from  before  his  dead,  and  spake  unto  the  sons  of  Heth,  saying, 
I  am  a  stranger  and  a  sojourner  with  you  :  give  me  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace  with  you, 
that  I  may  bury  my  dead  out  of  my  sight. 

And  the  children  of  Heth  answered  Abraham,  saying  unto  him,  Hear  us,  my  lord  :  thou 
art  a  mighty  prince  among  us  :  in  the  choice  of  our  sepulchres  bury  thy  dead  ;  none  of  us 
shall  withhold  from  thee  his  sepulchre,  but  that  thou  mayest  bury  thy  dead. 

And  Abraham  stood  up,  and  bowed  himself  to  the  people  of  the  land,  even  to  the 
children  of  Heth.  And  he  communed  with  them,  saying,  If  it  be  your  mind  that  I  should 
bury  my  dead  out  of  my  sight  ;  hear  me,  and  intreat  for  me  to  Ephron  the  son  of  Zohar, 
that  he  may  give  me  the  cave  of  Machpelah,  which  he  hath,  which  is  in  the  end  of  his  field  ; 
for  as  much  money  as  it  is  worth  he  shall  give  it  me  for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace 
amongst  you. 

And  Ephron  dwelt  among  the  children  of  Heth  :  and  Ephron  the  Hittite  answered 
Abraham  in  the  audience  of  the  children  of  Heth,  even  of  all  that  went  in  at  the  gate  of  his 
city,  saying,  Nay,  my  lord,  hear  me  :  the  field  give  I  thee,  and  the  cave  that  is  therein,  I  give 
it  thee  ;  in  the  presence  of  the  sons  of  my  people  give  I  it  thee  :    bury  thy  dead. 

And  Abraham  bowed  down  himself  before  the  people  of  the  land.  And  he  spake  unto 
Ephron  in  the  audience  of  the  people  of  the  land,  saying.  But  if  thou  wilt  give  it,  I  pray 
thee,  hear  me  :  I  will  give  thee  money  for  the  field  ;  take  it  of  me,  and  I  will  bury  my  dead 
there. 

And  Ephron  answered  Abraham,  saying  unto  him,  My  lord,  hearken  unto  me:  the  land 
is  worth  four  hundred  shekels  of  silver :  what  is  that  betwixt  me  and  thee .''  bury  therefore 
thy  dead. 

And  Abraham  hearkened  unto  Ephron  ;  and  Abraham  weighed  to  Ephron  the  silver, 
which  he  had  named  in  the  audience  of  the  sons  of  Heth,  four  hundred  shekels  of  silver, 
current  money  with  the  merchant. 

And  the  field  of  Ephron,  which  was  in  Machpelah,  which  was  before  Mamre,  the  field, 
and  the  cave  which  was  therein,  and  all  the  trees  that  were  in  the  field,  that  were  in  all  the 
borders  round  about,  were  made  sure  unto  Abraham  for  a  possession  in  the  presence  of  the 
children  of  Heth,  before  all  that  went  in  at  the  gate  of  his  city. 

And  after  this,  Abraham  buried  Sarah  his  wife  in  the  cave  of  the  field  of  Machpelah 
before  Mamre;  the  same  is  Hebron  in  the  land  of  Canaan.  And  the  field,  and  the  cave  that 
is  therein,  were  made  sure  unto  Abraham  for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace  by  the  sons  of 
Heth. — Genesis  xxiii. 


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/.,! 


ELIEZER  AND  REBEKAH. 


And  the  servant  put  his  hand  under  the  thigh  of  Abraham  his  master,  and  sware  to  him 
concerning  that  matter. 

And  the  servant  took  ten  camels  of  the  camels  of  his  master,  and  departed  ;  for  all  the 
goods  of  his  master  were  in  his  hand  :  and  he  arose  and  went  to  Mesopotamia,  unto  the  city 
of  Nahor.  And  he  made  his  camels  to  kneel  down,  without  the  city  by  a  well  of  water  at  the 
time  of  the  evening,  even  the  time  that  women  go  out  to  draw  water.  And  he  said,  O  Lord 
God  of  my  master  Abraham,  I  pray  thee,  send  me  good  speed  this  day,  and  shew  kindness 
unto  my  master  Abraham.  Behold,  I  stand  here  by  the  well  of  water  ;  and  the  daughters  of  the 
men  of  the  city  come  out  to  draw  water :  and  let  it  come  to  pass,  that  the  damsel  to  whom  I 
shall  say.  Let  down  thy  pitcher,  I  pray  thee,  that  I  may  drink;  and  she  shall  say,  Drink,  and 
I  will  give  thy  camels  drink  also  :  let  the  same  be  she  that  thou  hast  appointed  for  thy  servant 
Isaac ;  and  thereby  shall  I  know  that  thou  hast  shewed  kindness  unto  my  master. 

And  it  came  to  pass  before  he  had  clone  speaking,  that,  behold,  Rebekah  came  out,  who 
was  born  to  Bethuel,  son  of  Milcah,  the  wife  of  Nahor,  Abraham's  brother,  with  her  pitcher 
upon  her  shoulder.  And  the  damsel  was  very  fair  to  look  upon,  a  virgin,  neither  had  any  man 
known  her  :  and  she  went  down  to  the  well,  and  filled  her  pitcher  and  came  up.  And  the  ser- 
vant ran  to  meet  her,  and  said.  Let  me,  I  pray  thee,  drink  a  little  water  of  thy  pitcher.  And 
she  said,  Drink,  my  lord  ;  and  she  hasted,  and  letdown  her  pitcher  upon  her  hand,  and  gave 
him  drink.  And  when  she  had  done  giving  him  drink,  she  said,  I  will  draw  water  for  thy 
camels  also,  until  they  have  done  drinking.  And  she  hasted  and  emptied  her  pitcher  into  the 
trough,  and  ran  again  unto  the  well  to  draw  water,  and  drew  for  all  his  camels. 

And  the  man  wondering  at 'her  held  his  peace,  to  wit  whether  the  Lord  had  made  his  jour- 
ney prosperous  or  not. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  camels  had  done  drinking,  that  the  man  took  a  golden  earring 
of  half  a  shekel  weight,  and  two  bracelets  for  her  hands  of  ten  shekels  weight  of  gold  :  and 
said.  Whose  daughter  art  thou  ?  tell  me,  I  pray  thee  ;  is  there  room  in  thy  father's  house  for 
us  to  lodge  in?  And  she  said  unto  him,  I  am  the  daughter  of  Bethuel  the  son  of  Milcah, 
which  she  bare  unto  Nahor.  She  said  moreover  unto  him,  We  have  both  straw  and  provender 
enough,  and  room  to  lodge  in. 

And  the  man  bowed  down  his  head  and  worshiped  the  Lord.  And  he  said.  Blessed  be  the 
Lord  God  of  my  master  Abraham,  who  hath  not  left  destitute  my  master  of  his  mercy  and  his 
truth  :  I  being  in  the  way,  the  Lord  led  me  to  the  house  of  my  master's  brethren. 

And  the  damsel  ran,  and  told  them  of  her  mother's  house  these  things. — Genesis 
xxiv,  g-28. 


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ISAAC    BLESSING   JACOB. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Isaac  was  old,  and  his  eyes  were  dim,  so  that  he  could  not  see,  he  called 
Esau,  his  eldest  son,  and  said  unto  him.  My  son :  and  he  said  unto  him,  Behold,  here  am  I.  And  he  said, 
Behold  now,  I  am  old,  I  know  not  the  day  of  my  death  :  Now  therefore  take,  I  pray  thee,  thy  weapons, 
thy  quiver  and  thy  bow,  and  go  out  to  the  field,  and  take  me  some  venison;  And  make  me  savoury  meat, 
such  as  I  love,  and  bring  it  to  me,  that  I  may  eat ;  that  my  soul  may  bless  thee  before  I  die. 

And  Rebekah  heard  when  Isaac  spake  to  Esau  his  son.  And  Esau  went  to  the  field  to  hunt  for 
venison,  and  to  bring  it. 

And  Rebekah  spake  unto  Jacob  her  son,  saying,  Behold,  I  heard  thy  father  speak  unto  Esau  thy 
brother,  saying,  Bring  me  venison,  and  make  me  savoury  meat,  that  I  may  eat,  and  bless  thee  before  the 
Lord  before  my  death.  Now  therefore,  my  son,  obey  my  voice  according  to  that  which  I  command  thee. 
Go  now  to  the  fiock,  and  fetch  me  from  thence  two  good  kids  of  the  goats ;  and  I  will  make  them  savoury 
meat  for  thy  father  such  as  he  loveth ;  And  thou  shalt  bring  it  to  thy  father,  that  he  may  eat,  and  that  he 
may  bless  thee  before  his  death. 

And  Jacob  said  to  Rebekah  his  mother.  Behold,  Esau  my  brother  is  a  hairy  man,  and  I  am  a  smooth 
man  :  My  father  peradventure  will  feel  me,  and  I  shall  seem  to  him  as  a  deceiver ;  and  I  shall  bring 
a  curse  upon  me,  and  not  a  blessing. 

And  his  mother  said  unto  him,  Upon  me  be  thy  curse,  my  son :  only  obey  my  voice,  and  go  fetch 
me  them. 

And  he  went,  and  fetched,  and  brought  them  to  his  mother:  and  his  mother  made  savoury  meat, 
such  as  his  father  loved.  And  Rebekah  took  goodly  raiment  of  her  eldest  son  Esau,  which  were  with 
her  in  the  house,  and  put  them  upon  Jacob  her  younger  son :  And  she  put  the  skins  of  the  kids  of 
the  goats  upon  his  hands  and  upon  the  smooth  of  his  neck  :  And  she  gave  the  savoury  meat  and 
the  bread,  which  she  had  prepared,  into  the  hand  of  her  son  Jacob. 

And  he  came  unto  his  father,  and  said,  My  father  :  and  he  said.  Here  am  I ;  who  art  thou,  my 
son  ?  And  Jacob  said  unto  his  father,  I  am  Esau  thy  first  born  ;  I  have  done  according  as  thou 
badest  me :  arise,  I  pray  thee,  sit  and  eat  of  my  venison,  that  thy  soul  may  bless  me.  And  Isaac  said 
unto  his  son,  How  is  it  that  thou  hast  found  it  so  quickly,  my  son  ?  And  he  said,  Because  the  Lord 
thy  God  brought  it  to  me.  And  Isaac  said  unto  Jacob,  Come  near,  I  pray  thee,  that  I  may  feel  thee, 
my  son,  whether  thou  be  my  very  son  Esau  or  not.  And  Jacob  went  near  unto  Isaac  his  father;  and 
he  felt  him,  and  said.  The  voice  is  Jacob's  voice,  but  the  hands  are  the  hands  of  Esau.  And  he  dis- 
cerned him  not,  because  his  hands  were  hairy,  as  his  brother  Esau's  hands  :    so  he  blessed  him. 

And  he  said,  Art  thou  my  very  son  Esau  ?  And  he  said,  I  am.  And  he  said.  Bring  it  near  to 
me,  and  I  will  eat  of  my  son's  venison,  that  my  soul  may  bless  thee.  And  he  brought  it  near  to  him, 
and  he  did  eat;  and  he  brought  him  wine,  and  he  drank.  And  his  father  Isaac  said  unto  him.  Come 
near  now,  and  kiss  me,  my  son.  And  he  came  near,  and  kissed  him  :  and  he  smelled  the  smell  of 
his  raiment,  and  blessed  him,  and  said.  See,  the  smell  of  my  son  is  as  the  smell  of  a  field  which  the 
Lord  hath  blessed  :  Therefore  God  give  thee  of  the  dew  of  heaven,  and  the  fatness  of  the  earth,  and 
plenty  of  corn  and  wine  :  Let  people  serve  thee,  and  nations  bow  down  to  thee :  be  lord  over  thy 
brethren,  and  let  thy  mother's  sons  bow  down  to  thee :  cursed  be  every  one  that  curseth  thee,  and 
blessed  be  he  that  blesseth  thee. — Genesis  xxvii,  i-2g. 


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JACOB  TENDING  THE  FLOCKS  OF  LABAN. 


And  while  he  yet  spake  with  them,  Rachel  came  with  her  father's  sheep :  for  she  kept 
them.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jacob  saw  Rachel  the  daughter  of  Laban  his  mother's 
brother,  and  the  sheep  of  Laban  his  mother's  brother,  that  Jacob  went  near,  and  rolled  the 
stone  from  the  well's  mouth,  and  watered  the  flock  of  Laban  his  mother's  brother.  And 
Jacob  kissed  Rachel,  and  lifted  up  his  voice,  and  wept.  And  Jacob  told  Rachel  that  he  was 
her  father's  brother,  and  that  he  was  Rebekah's  son  :  and  she  ran  and  told  her  father. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Laban  heard  the  tidings  of  Jacob  his  sister's  son,  that  he  ran 
to  meet  him,  and  embraced  him,  and  kissed  him,  and  brought  him  to  his  house.  And  he  told 
Laban  all  these  things.  And  Laban  said  to  him.  Surely  thou  art  my  bone  and  my  flesh.  And 
he  abode  with  him  the  space  of  a  month.  And  Laban  said  unto  Jacob,  Because  thou  art  my 
brother,  shouldest  thou  therefore  serve  me  for  naught  ?  tell  me,  what  shall  thy  wages  be  ? 

And  Laban  had  two  daughters  :  the  name  of  the  elder  was  Leah,  and  the  name  of  the 
younger  was  Rachel.      Leah  was  tender  eyed  ;  but  Rachel  was  beautiful  and  well  favoured. 

And  Jacob  loved  Rachel ;  and  said,  I  will  serve  thee  seven  years  for  Rachel  thy  younger 
daughter.  And  Laban  said.  It  is  better  that  I  give  her  to  thee,  than  that  I  should  give  her  to 
another  man  ;  abide  with  me. 

And  Jacob  served  seven  years  tor  Rachel ;  and  they  seemed  unto  him  but  a  few  days,  for 
the  love  he  had  for  her.  And  Jacob  said  unto  Laban,  Give  me  my  wife,  for  my  days  are  ful- 
filled, that  I  may  go  in  unto  her. 

And  Laban  gathered  together  all  the  men  of  the  place,  and  made  a  feast.  And  it  came 
to  pass  in  the  evening,  that  he  took  Leah  his  daughter,  and  brought  her  to  him  ;  and  he  went 
in  unto  her.  And  Laban  gave  unto  his  daughter  Leah  Zilpah  his  maid,  for  an  handmaid. 
And  it  came  to  pass  that  in  the  morning,  behold,  it  was  Leah  :  and  he  said  to  Laban,  What  is 
this  thou  hast  done  unto  me  ?  did  not  I  serve  with  thee  for  Rachel  ?  wherefore  then  hast  thou 
beguiled  me?  And  Laban  said.  It  must  not  be  so  done  in  our  country,  to  give  the  younger 
before  the  firstborn.  Fulfil  her  week,  and  we  will  give  thee  this  also  for  the  service  which 
thou  shalt  serve  with  me  yet  seven  other  years. 

And  Jacob  did  so,  and  fulfilled  her  week  ;  and  he  gave  him  Rachel  his  daughter  to  wife 
also.  And  Laban  gave  to  Rachel  his  daughter  Bilhah  his  handmaid  to  be  her  maid.  And  he 
went  in  also  unto  Rachel,  and  he  loved  also  Rachel  more  than  Leah,  and  served  with  him  yet 
seven  other  years. — Genesis  xxix,  g-30. 


JOSEPH    SOLD    INTO    EGYPT. 


These  are  the  generations  of  Jacob.  Joseph,  being  seventeen  years  old,  was  feeding  the  flock  with  his 
brethren,  and  the  lad  was  with  the  sons  of  Bilhah  and  with  the  sons  of  Zilpah,  his  father's  wives;  and 
Joseph  brought  unto  his  father  their  evil  report.  Now  Israel  loved  Joseph  more  than  all  his  children, 
because  he  was  the  son  of  his  old  age ;  and  he  made  him  a  coat  of  many  colors.  And  when  his  brethren 
saw  that  their  father  loved  him  more  than  all  his  brethren,  they  hated  him,  and  could  not  speak  peaceably 
unto  him. 

And  Joseph  dreamed  a  dream,  and  he  told  it  his  brethren :  and  they  hated  him  yet  the  more.  And  he 
said  unto  them,  Hear,  I  pray  you,  this  dream  which  I  have  dreamed.  For,  behold,  we  were  binding  sheaves 
in  the  field,  and,  lo,  my  sheaf  arose,  and  also  stood  upright;  and,  behold,  your  sheaves  stood  round  about, 
and  made  obeisance  to  my  sheaf.  And  his  brethren  said  to  him,  Shalt  thou  indeed  reign  over  us?  or 
shalt  thou  indeed  have  dominion  over  us  ?  And  they  hated  him  yet  the  more  for  his  dreams  and  for  his 
words. 

And  he  dreamed  yet  another  dream,  and  told  it  his  brethren,  and  said.  Behold,  I  have  dreamed  a 
dream  more ;  and,  behold,  the  sun  and  the  moon  and  the  eleven  stars  made  obeisance  to  me.  And  he  told 
it  to  his  father  and  to  his  brethren ;  and  his  father  rebuked  him,  and  said  unto  him.  What  is  this  dream  that 
thou  hast  dreamed?  Shall  I  and  thy  mother  and  thy  brethren  indeed  come  to  bow  down  ourselves  to  thee 
to  the  earth.     And  his  brethren  envied  him;  but  his  father  observed  the  saying. 

And  his  brethren  went  to  feed  their  father's  flock  in  Shechem. 

And  Joseph  went  after  his  brethren,  and  found  them  in  Dothan.  And  when  they  saw  him  afar  off, 
even  before  he  came  near  unto  them,  they  conspired  against  him  to  slay  him.  And  they  said  one  to 
another,  Behold,  this  dreamer  cometh.  Come  now,  therefore,  and  let  us  slay  him,  and  cast  him  into  some 
pit,  and  we  will  say,  Some  evil  beast  hath  devoured  him  ;  and  we  shall  see  what  will  become  of  his  dreams. 
And  Reuben  heard  it,  and  he  delivered  him  out  of  their  hands;  and  said,  Let  us  not  kill  him.  And 
Reuben  said  unto  them.  Shed  no  blood,  but  cast  him  into  this  pit  that  is  in  the  wilderness,  and  lay  no  hand 
upon  him;  that  he  might  rid  him  out  of  their  hands  to  deliver  him  to  his  father  again. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joseph  was  come  unto  his  brethren,  that  they  stript  Joseph  out  of  his  coat, 
his  coat  of  many  colors  that  was  on  him ;  and  they  took  him  and  cast  him  into  a  pit ;  and  the  pit  was 
empty,  there  was  no  water  in  it.  And  they  sat  down  to  eat  bread  ;  and  they  lifted  up  their  eyes  and  looked, 
and,  behold,  a  company  of  Ishmaclites  came  from  Gilead  with  their  camels  bearing  spicery  and  balm  and 
myrrh,  going  to  carry  it  down  to  Egypt.  And  Judah  said  unto  his  brethren.  What  profit  is  it  if  wc  slay 
our  brother,  and  conceal  his  blood  ?  Come,  and  let  us  sell  him  to  the  Ishmaelites,  and  let  not  our  hand  be 
upon  him ,  for  he  is  our  brother  and  our  flesh.     And  his  brethren  were  content. 

Then  there  passed  by  Midianites  merchantmen;  and  they  drew  and  lifted  up  Joseph  out  of  the  pit, 
and  sold  Joseph  to  the  Ishmaelites  for  twenty  pieces  of  silver;  and  they  brought  Joseph  into  Egypt. 

And  the  Midianites  sold  him  into  Egypt  unto  Potiphar,  an  officer  of  Pharaoh's,  and  captain  of  the 
guard. — Genesis  xxxvii,  2-12^  17-28,  j6. 


•    •         •    *  I 


JOSEPH    INTERPRETING    PHARAOH'S    DREAM. 


And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  two  full  years,  that  Pharaoh  dreamed  :  and,  behold,  he 
stood  by  the  river.  And,  behold,  there  came  up  out  of  the  river  seven  well  favoured  kine  and 
fatfleshed  ;  and  they  fed  in  a  meadow.  And,  behold,  seven  other  kine  came  up  after  them  out 
of  the  river,  ill  favoured  and  leanfleshed  ;  and  stood  by  the  other  kine  upon  the  brink  of  the 
river.  And  the  ill  favored  and  leanfleshed  kine  did  eat  up  the  seven  well  favoured  and  fat 
kine.     So  Pharaoh  awoke. 

And  he  slept  and  dreamed  the  second  time  :  and,  behold,  seven  ears  of  corn  came  up  upon 
one  stalk,  rank  and  good.  And,  behold,  seven  thin  ears  and  blasted  with  the  east  wind  sprung 
up  after  them.  And  the  seven  thin  ears  devoured  the  seven  rank  and  full  ears.  And  Pharaoh, 
awoke,  and,  behold,  it  was  a  dream. 

And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning  that  his  spirit  was  troubled;  and  he  sent  and  called 
for  all  the  magicians  of  Egypt,  and  all  the  wise  men  thereof  :  and  Pharaoh  told  them  his 
dream  ;  but  there  was  none  that  could  interpret  them  unto  Pharaoh. 

[At  the  suggestion  of  his  chief  butler  Pharaoh  sends  for  Joseph  and  relates  to  him  his 
dreams,  which  Joseph  interprets  as  follows  :] 

And  Joseph  said  unto  Pharaoh,  The  dream  of  Pharaoh  is  one :  God  hath  shewed  Pharaoh 
what  he  is  about  to  do.  The  seven  good  kine  are  seven  years ;  and  the  seven  good  ears  are 
seven  years:  the  dream  is  one.  And  the  seven  thin  and  ill  favoured  kine  that  came  up  after 
them  are  seven  years  ;  and  the  seven  empty  ears  blasted  with  the  east  wind  shall  be  seven 
years  of  famine.  This  is  the  thing  which  1  have  spoken  unto  Pharaoh  :  What  God  is  about 
to  do  he  sheweth  unto  Pharaoh.  Behold,  there  come  seven  years  of  great  plenty  throughout 
all  the  land  of  Egypt :  And  there  shall  arise  after  them  seven  years  of  famine ;  and  all 
the  plenty  shall  be  forgotten  in  the  land  of  Egypt  ;  and  the  famine  shall  consume  the  land  ; 
and  the  plenty  shall  not  be  known  in  the  land  by  reason  of  that  famine  following ;  for  it  shall 
be  very  grieVous.  And  for  that  the  dream  was  doubled  unto  Pharaoh  twice  *  it  is  because  the 
thing  is  established  by  God,  and  God  will  shortly  bring  it  to  pass. 

Now  therefore  let  Pharaoh  look  out  a  man  discreet  and  wise,  and  set  him  over  the  land  of 
Egypt.  Let  Pharaoh  do  this,  and  let  him  appoint  officers  over  the  land,  and  take  up  the  fifth 
part  of  the  land  of  Egypt  in  the  seven  plenteous  years.  And  let  them  gather  all  the  food  of 
those  good  years  that  come,  and  lay  up  corn  under  the  hand  of  Pharaoh,  and  let  them  keep  food 
in  the  cities.  And  that  food  shall  be  for  store  to  the  land  against  the  seven  years  of  famine, 
which  shall  be  in  the  land  of  Egypt  ;  that  the  land  perish  not  through  the  famine. — Genesis 
xli,  1-36, 


17 


? 


JOSEPH   MAKING  HIMSELF  KNOWN  TO  HIS  BRETHREN. 


Then  Joseph  could  not  refrain  himself  before  all  them  that  stood  by  him  ;  and  he 
cried,  Cause  every  man  to  go  out  from  me.  And  there  stood  no  man  with  him,  while  Joseph 
made  himself  known  unto  his  brethren.  And  he  wept  aloud  :  and  the  Egyptians  and  the 
house  of  Pharaoh  heard. 

And  Joseph  said  unto  his  brethren,  I  am  Joseph  ;  doth  my  father  yet  live  ?  And  his 
brethren  could  not  answer  him  ;  for  they  were  troubled  at  his  presence.  And  Joseph  said 
unto  his  brethren.  Come  near  to  me,  I  pray  you.  And  they  came  near.  And  he  said,  I  am 
Joseph  your  brother,  whom  ye  sold  into  Egypt.  Now  therefore  be  not  grieved,  nor  angry 
with  yoursehes,  that  ye  sold  me  hither:  for  God  did  send  me  before  you  to  preserve  life. 
For  these  two  years  hath  the  famine  been  in  the  land  :  and  yet  there  are  five  years,  in  which 
there  shall  neither  be  earing  nor  harvest.  And  God  sent  me  before  you  to  preserve  you  a 
posterity  in  the  earth,  and  to  save  your  lives  by  a  great  deliverance.  So  now  it  was  not  you 
that  sent  me  hither,  but  God :  and  he  hath  made  me  a  father  to  Pharaoh,  and  lord  of  all  his 
house,  and  a  ruler  throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt.  Haste  ye,  and  go  up  to  my  father,  and 
say  unto  him.  Thus  saith  thy  son  Joseph,  God  hath  made  me  lord  of  all  Egypt  :  come 
down  unto  me,  tarry  not:  And  thou  shalt  dwell  in  the  land  of  Goshen,  and  thou  shalt  be 
near  unto  me,  thou,  and  thy  children,  and  thy  children's  children,  and  thy  flocks,  and  thy 
herds,  and  all  that  thou  hast.  And  there  will  I  nourish  thee  ;  for  yet  there  are  five  years  of 
famine  ;  lest  thou,  and  thy  household,  and  all  that  thou  hast,  come  to  poverty.  And,  behold, 
your  eyes  see,  and  the  eyes  of  my  brother  Benjamin,  that  it  is  my  mouth  that  speaketh  unto 
you.  And  ye  shall  tell  my  father  of  all  my  glory  in  Egypt,  and  of  all  that  ye  have  seen  ;  and 
ye  shall  haste  and  bring  down  my  father  hither. 

And  he  fell  upon  his  brother  Benjamin's  neck,  and  wept  ;  and  Benjamin  wept  upon 
his  neck.  Moreover  he  kissed  all  his  brethren,  and  wept  upon  them  :  and  after  that  his 
brethren  talked  with  him. 

And  the  fame  thereof  was  heard  in  Pharaoh's  house,  saying,  Joseph's  brethren  are  come  : 
and  it  pleased  Pharaoh  well,  and  his  servants. 

And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph,  say  unto  thy  brethren.  This  do  ye  ;  lade  your  beasts,  and 
go,  get  you  unto  the  land  of  Canaan  ;  and  take  your  father  and  your  households,  and  come 
unto  me  :  and  I  will  give  you  the  good  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  ye  shall  eat  the  fat  of  the 
land. —  Genesis  xlv,  1-18. 


18 


MOSES  IN  THE  BULRUSHES. 


And  there  went  a  man  of  the  house  of  Levi,  and  took  to  wife  a  daughter  of  Levi.  And 
the  woman  conceived,  and  bare  a  son  :  and  when  she  saw  him  that  he  was  a  goodly  child,  she 
hid  him  three  months.  And  when  she  could  not  longer  hide  him,  she  took  for  him  an  ark  of 
bulrushes,  and  daubed  it  with  slime  and  with  pitch,  and  put  the  child  therein  ;  and  she  laid  it 
in  the  flags  by  the  river's  brink.  And  his  sister  stood  afar  off,  to  wit  what  would  be  done  to 
him. 

And  the  daughter  of  Pharaoh  came  down  to  wash  herself  at  the  river ;  and  her  maidens 
walked  along  by  the  river's  side  ;  and  when  she  saw  the  ark  among  the  flags,  she  sent 
her  maid  to  fetch  it.  And  when  she  had  opened  it,  she  saw  the  child  :  and,  behold,  the 
babe  wept.  And  she  had  compassion  on  him,  and  said.  This  is  one  of  the  Hebrews'  chil- 
dren. Then  said  his  sister  to  Pharaoh's  daughter,  Shall  I  go  and  call  to  thee  a  nurse  of 
the  Hebrew  women,  that  she  may  nurse  the  child  for  thee  ?  And  Pharaoh's  daughter  said  to 
her,  Go.  And  the  maid  went  and  called  the  child's  mother.  And  Pharaoh's  daughter  said 
unto  her.  Take  this  child  away,  and  nurse  it  for  me,  and  I  will  give  thee  thy  wages.  And 
the  woman  took  the  child  and  nursed  it. 

And  the  child  grew,  and  she  brought  him  unto  Pharaoh's  daughter,  and  he  became  her 
son.  And  she  called  his  name  Moses  :  and  she  said.  Because  1  drew  him  out  of  the  water. 
— Exodus  a,  I— 10, 


Vi 


'^'-<^-''.'y:^oytJi, 


•  ••    .•- 


THE  WAR  AGAINST.  GIBEON. 


Therefore  the  five  kings  of  the  Amorites,  the  king  of  Jerusalem,  the  king  of  Hebron,  the 
king  of  Jarmuth,  the  king  of  Lachish,  the  king  of  Eglon,  gathered  themselves  together,  and 
went  up,  they  and  all  their  hosts,  and  encamped  before  Gibeon,  and  made  war  against  it. 

And  the  men  of  Gibeon  sent  unto  Joshua  to  the  camp  to  Gilgal,  saying.  Slack  not  thy 
hand  from  thy  servants ;  come  up  to  us  quickly,  and  save  us  and  help  us  :  for  all  the  kings  of 
the  Amorites  that  dwell  in  the  mountains  are  gathered  together  against  us. 

So  Joshua  ascended  from  Gilgal,  he,  and  all  the  people  of  war  with  him,  and  all  the  mighty 
men  of  valor.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Joshua,  Fear  them  not :  for  I  have  delivered  them 
into  thine  hand  ;  there  shall  not  a  man  of  them  stand  before  thee.  Joshua  therefore  came 
unto  them  suddenly,  and  went  up  from  Gilgal  all  night.  And  the  Lord  discomfited  them 
before  Israel,  and  slew  them  with  a  great  slaughter  at  Gibeon,  and  chased  them  along  the  way 
that  goeth  up  to  Beth-horon,  and  smote  them  to  Azekah,  and  unto  Makkedah.  And  it  came 
to  pass,  as  they  fled  from  before  Israel,  and  were  in  the  going  down  to  Beth-horon,  that  the 
Lord  cast  down  great  stones  from  heaven  upon  them  unto  Azekah,  and  they  died  :  they  were 
more  which  died  with  hailstones  than  they  whom  the  children  of  Israel  slew  with  the  sword. 

Then  spake  Joshua  to  the  Lord  in  the  day  when  the  Lord  delivered  up  the  Amorites 
before  the  children  of  Israel,  and  he  said  in  the  sight  of  Israel,  Sun,  stand  thou  still  upon 
Gibeon ;  and  thou,  Moon,  in  the  valley  of  Ajalon.  And  the  sun  stood  still,  and  the  moon 
stayed,  until  the  people  had  avenged  themselves  upon  their  enemies.  Is  not  this  written 
in  the  book  of  Jasher?  So  the  sun  stood  still  in  the  midst  of  heaven,  and  hastened  not  to  go 
down  about  a  whole  day.  And  there  was  no  day  like  that  before  it  or  after  it,  that  the  Lord 
hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  a  man  :  for  the  Lord  fouQfht  for  Israel. 

And  Joshua  returned,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  unto  the  camp  to  Gilgal.  But  these  five 
kings  fled,  and  hid  themselves  in  a  cave  at  Makkedah.  And  it  was  told  Joshua,  saying.  The 
five  kings  are  found  hid  in  a  cave  at  Makkedah.  And  Joshua  said,  Roll  great  stones  upon  the 
mouth  of  the  cave,  and  set  men  by  it  for  to  keep  them :  and  stay  ye  not,  but  pursue  after  your 
enemies,  and  smite  the  hindmost  of  them ;  suffer  them  not  to  enter  into  their  cities  ;  for  the 
Lord  your  God  hath  delivered  them  into  your  hand. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joshua  and  the  children  of  Israel  had  made  an  end  of  slaying 
them  with  a  very  great  slaughter,  till  they  were  consumed,  that  the  rest  which  remained  of 
them  entered  into  fenced  cities. — JosJnia  x,  5-20. 


SISERA    SLAIN    BY   JAEL. 


Now  Heber  the  Kenite,  which  was  of  the  children  of  Hobab,  the  father-in-law  of 
Moses,  had  severed  himself  from  the  Kenites,  and  pitched  his  tent  unto  the  plain  of  Zaanaim^ 
which  is  by  Kedesh. 

And  they  shewed  Sisera  that  Barak,  the  son  of  Abinoam,  was  gone  up  to  Mount  Tabor. 
And  Sisera  gathered  together  all  his  chariots,  even  nine  hundred  chariots  of  iron,  and  all  the 
people  that  were  with  him,  from  Harosheth  of  the  Gentiles  unto  the  river  of  Kishon. 

And  Deborah  said  unto  Barak,  Up;  for  this  is  the  day  in  which  the  Lord  hath  delivered 
Sisera  into  thine  hand :  is  not  the  Lord  gone  out  before  thee  ?  So  Barak  went  down  from 
Mount  Tabor,  and  ten  thousand  men  after  him. 

And  the  Lord  discomfited  Sisera,  and  all  his  chariots  and  all  his  host,  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword  before  Barak ;  so  that  Sisera  lighted  down  off  his  chariot,  and  fled  away  on  his  feet. 
But  Barak  pursued  after  the  chariots,  and  after  the  host,  unto  Harosheth  of  the  Gentiles:  and 
all  the  host  of  Sisera  fell  upon  the  edge  of  the  sword  ;  and  there  was  not  a  man  left. 

Howbeit  Sisera  fled  away  on  his  feet  to  the  tent  of  Jael,  the  wife  of  Heber  the  Kenite; 
for  there  was  peace  between  Jabin  the  king  of  Hazor  and  the  house  of  Heber  the  Kenite. 
And  Jael  went  out  to  meet  Sisera,  and  said  unto  him,  Turn  in,  my  lord,  turn  in  to  me ;  fear 
not.  And  when  he  had  turned  in  unto  her  into  the  tent,  she  covered  him  with  a  mantle.  And 
he  said  unto  her.  Give  me,  I  pray  thee,  a  little  water  to  drink  ;  for  I  am  thirsty.  And  she 
opened  a  bottle  of  milk,  and  gave  him  drink,  and  covered  him.  Again  he  said  unto  her. 
Stand  in  the  door  of  the  tent,  and  it  shall  be,  when  any  man  doth  come  and  enquire  of  thee» 
and  say.  Is  there  any  man  here  ?  that  thou  shalt  say.  No.  Then  Jael,  Heber's  wife,  took  a  nail 
of  the  tent,  and  took  an  hammer  in  her  hand,  and  went  softly  unto  him,  and  smote  the  nail  into 
his  temples,  and  fastened  it  into  the  ground  :  for  he  was  fast  asleep  and  weary.     So  he  died. 

And,  behold,  as  Barak  pursued  Sisera,  Jael  came  out  to  meet  him,  and  said  unto  him. 
Come,  and  I  will  show  thee  the  man  whom  thou  seekest.  And  when  he  came  into  her  tent, 
behold,  Sisera  lay  dead,  and  the  nail  was  in  his  temples. — Judges  w,  11-22. 


DEBORAH'S    SONG   OF   TRIUMPH. 


Then  sang  Deborah  and   Barak,   the  son  of  Abinoam  on  that  day,  saying  :— 

Praise  ye  the  Lord  for  the  avenging  of  Israel, 

When  the  people  willingly  offered  themselves. 

Hear,  O  ye  kings;  give  ear,  O  ye  princes; 

I,  even  I,   will  sing  unto  the   Lord  ; 

I  will  sing  praise  to  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

Lord,  when  thou  wentest  out  of  Seir, 

When  thou  marchedst  out  of  the  field  of  Edom, 

The  earth  trembled,  and  the  heavens  dropped,  the  clouds  also  dropped  water. 

The  mountains  melted  from  before  the  Lord, 

Even  that  Sinai  from  before  the  Lord  Goi  of  Israel. 


Blessed  above  women  shall  Jael  the  wife  of  Heber  the  Kenite  be; 

Blessed  shall  she  be  above  women  in  the  tent. 

He  asked  water,  and  she  gave  him  milk  ; 

She  brought  forth  butter  in  a  lordly  dish. 

Sh^  put  her  hand  to  the  nail,  and  her  right  hand  to  the  workmen's  hammer ; 

And  with  the  hammer  she  smote  Sisera, 

She  smote  off  his  head,  when  she  had  pierced  and  stricken  through  his  temples. 

At  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell,  he  lay  down : 

At  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell : 

Where  he  bowed,  there  he  fell  down  dead. 

The  mother  of  Sisera  looked  out  at  a  window,  and  cried  through  the  lattice, 

Why  is  his  chariot  so  long  in  coming?     Why  tarry  the  wheels  of  his  chariots.^ 

Her  wise  ladies  answered  her,  yea,  she  returned  answer  to  herself. 

Have  they  not  sped  ?     Have  they  not  divided  the  prey; 

To  every  man  a  damsel  or  two; 

To  Sisera  a  prey  of  divers  colours,  a  prey  of  divers  colours  of  needlework, 

Of  divers  colours  of  needlework  on  both  sides,  meet  for  the  necks  of  them  that  take  the  spoil? 

So  let  all  thine  enemies  perish,  O  Lord: 

But  let  them  that  love  him  be  as  the  sun  when  he  goeth  forth  in  his  might. 

Judges  V,  2-s,  24-31. 


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TEPHTHAH  MET  BY  HIS  DAUGHTER. 


Then  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  Jephthah,  and  he  passed  over  Gilead,  and  Manas- 
seh,  and  passed  over  Mizpeh  of  Gilead,  and  from  Mizpeh  of  Gilead  he  passed  over  unto  the 
children  of  Ammon. 

And  Jephthah  vowed  a  vow  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  If  thou  shalt  without  fail  deliver  the 
children  of  Ammon  into  mine  hands,  then  it  shall  be,  that  whatsoever  cometh  forth  of  the 
doors  of  my  house  to  meet  me,  when  I  return  in  peace  from  the  children  of  Ammon,  shall 
surely  be  the  Lord's,  and  I  will  offer  it  up  for  a  burnt  offering. 

So  Jephthah  passed  over  unto  the  children  of  Ammon  to  fight  against  them  ;  and  the  Lord 
delivered  them  into  his  hands.  And  he  smote  them  from  Aroer,  even  till  thou  come  to  Min- 
nith,  even  twenty  cities,  and  unto  the  plain  of  the  vineyards,  with  a  very  great  slaughter. 
Thus  the  children  of  Ammon  were  subdued  before  the  children  of  Israel. 

And  Jephthah  came  to  Mizpeh  unto  his  house,  and,  behold,  his  daughter  came  out  to  meet 
him  with  timbrels  and  with  dances :  and  she  was  his  only  child  ;  beside  her  he  had  neither  son 
nor  daughter. — -Judges  xi,  2g-j^. 


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JEPHTHAH'S  DAUGHTER  AND  HER  COMPANIONS 


And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  saw  her,  that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and  said,  Alas,  my 
daughter !  thou  hast  brought  me  very  low,  and  thou  art  one  of  them  that  trouble  me  :  for 
I  have  opened  my  mouth  unto  the  Lord,  and  I  cannot  go  back. 

And  she  said  unto  him.  My  father,  if  thou  hast  opened  thy  mouth  unto  the  Lord,  do 
to  me  according  to  that  which  hath  proceeded  out  of  thy  mouth  ;  forasmuch  as  the  Lord 
hath  taken  vengeance  for  thee  of  thine  enemies,  even  of  the  children  of  Ammon.  And 
she  said  unto  her  father.  Let  this  thing  be  done  for  me :  let  me  alone  two  months,  that 
I  may  go  up  and  down  upon  the  mountains,  and  bewail  my  virginity,  I  and  my  fellows. 

And  he  said.  Go.  And  he  sent  her  away  for  two  months :  and  she  went  with  her 
companions,  and  bewailed  her  virginity  upon  the  mountains. 

And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  two  months,  that  she  returned  unto  her  father,  who 
did  with  her  according  to  his  vow  which  he  had  vowed :   and  she  knew  no  man. 

And  it  was  a  custom  in  Israel,  that  the  daughters  of  Israel  went  yearly  to  lament  the 
daughter  of    Jephthah  the  Gileadite  four  days  in  a  year. — Judges  xz,  35-40. 


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SAMSON   SLAYING   THE    LION. 


Then  went  Samson  down,  and  his  father  and  his  mother,  to  Timnath,  and  came  to  the 
vineyards  of  Timnath  ;  and,  behold,  a  young  Hon  roared  against  him.  And  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord  came  mightily  upon  him,  and  he  rent  him  as  he  would  have  rent  a  kid,  and  he  had  noth- 
ing in  his  hand ;  but  he  told  not  his  father  or  his  mother  what  he  had  diOWQ.— Judges  xiv,  ^-6, 


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SAMSON  AND  DELILAH. 


And  it  came  to  pass  afterward,  that  he  loved  a  woman  in  the  valley  of  Sorek,  whose  name 
was  Delilah. 

And  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  came  up  unto  her,  and  said  unto  her.  Entice  him,  and 
see  wherein  his  great  strength  lieth,  and  by  what  means  we  may  prevail  against  him,  that  we 
may  bind  him  to  afflict  him ;  and  we  will  give  thee  every  one  of  us  eleven  hundred  pieces  of 
silver. 

And  Delilah  said  to  Samson,  Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  wherein  thy  great  strength  Heth,  and 
wherewith  thou  mightest  be  bound  to  afflict  thee.  And  Samson  said  unto  her,  If  they  bind  me 
with  seven  green  withs  that  were  never  dried,  then  shall  I  be  weak,  and  be  as  another  man. 
Then  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  brought  up  to  her  seven  green  withs  which  had  not  been  dried, 
and  she  bound  him  with  them.  Now  there  were  men  lying  in  wait,  abiding  with  her  in  the 
chamber.  And  she  said  unto  him.  The  Philistines  be  upon  thee,  Samson.  And  he  brake  the 
withs,  as  a  thread  of  tow  is  broken  when  it  toucheth  the  fire.     So  his  strength  was  not  known. 

And  Delilah  said  unto  Samson,  Behold,  thou  hast  mocked  me,  and  told  me  lies :  now  tell 
me,  I  pray  thee,  wherewith  thou  mightest  be  bound.  And  he  said  unto  her.  If  they  bind  me 
fast  with  new  ropes  that  never  were  occupied,  then  shall  I  be  weak,  and  be  as  another  man. 
Delilah  therefore  took  new  ropes,  and  bound  him  therewith,  and  said  unto  him,  The  Philistines 
be  upon  thee,  Samson.  And  there  were  Hers  in  wait  abiding  in  the  chamber.  And  he  brake 
them  from  off  his  arms  like  a  thread. 

And  Delilah  said  unto  Samson,  Hitherto  thou  hast  mocked  me,  and  told  me  lies :  tell  me 
wherewith  thou  mightest  be  bound.  And  he  said  unto  her,  If  thou  weavest  the  seven  locks  of 
my  head  with  the  web.  And  she  fastened  it  with  the  pin,  and  said  unto  him,  The  Philistines 
be  upon  thee,  Samson.  And  he  awaked  out  of  his  sleep,  and  went  away  with  the  pin  of  the  beam 
and  with  the  web. 

And  she  said  unto  him,  How  canst  thou  say,  I  love  thee,  when  thine  heart  is  not  with  me? 
thou  hast  mocked  me  these  three  times,  and  hast  not  told  me  wherein  thy  great  strength  lieth. 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  pressed  him  daily  with  her  words,  and  urged  him,  so  that  his 
soul  was  vexed  unto  death  ;  that  he  told  her  all  his  heart,  and  said  unto  her,  There  hath  not 
come  a  razor  upon  mine  head  ;  for  I  have  been  a  Nazarite  unto  God  from  my  mother's  womb : 
if  I  be  shaven,  then  my  strength  will  go  from  me,  and  I  shall  become  weak,  and  be  like  any 
other  man. 

And  when  Delilah  saw  that  he  had  told  her  all  his  heart,  she  sent  and  called  for  the  lords 
of  the  Philistines,  saying,  Come  up  this  once,  for  he  hath  showed  me  all  his  heart.  Then  the 
lords  of  the  Philistines  came  up  unto  her,  and  brought  money  in  their  hand.  And  she 
made  him  sleep  upon  her  knees ;  and  she  called  for  a  man,  and  she  caused  him  to  shave  off  the 
seven  locks  of  his  head ;  and  she  began  to  afflict  him,  and  his  strength  went  from  him.  And 
she  said.  The  Philistines  be  upon  thee,  Samson.  And  he  awoke  out  of  his  sleep,  and  said,  I 
will  go  out  as  at  other  times  before,  and  shake  myself.  And  he  wist  not  that  the  Lord  was 
departed  from  him. — -Judges  xvi,  4-20, 

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THE  DEATH  OF  SAMSON. 


But  the  Philistines  took  him,  and  put  out  his  eyes,  and  brought  him  down  to  Gaza,  and 
bound  him  with  fetters  of  brass  ;  and  he  did  grind  in  the  prison  house. 

Howbeit  the  hair  of  his  head  began  to  grow  again  after  he  was  shaven; 

Then  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  gathered  them  together  for  to  offer  a  great  sacrifice  unto 
Dagon  their  god,  and  to  rejoice :  for  they  said.  Our  God  hath  delivered  Samson  our  enemy 
into  our  hand.  And  when  the  people  saw  him,  they  praised  their  god  :  for  they  said.  Our 
god  hath  delivered  into  our  hands  our  enemy,  and  the  destroyer  of  our  country,  which  slew 
many  of  us.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  their  hearts  were  merry,  that  they  said.  Call  for 
Samson,  that  he  may  make  us  sport.  And  they  called  for  Samson  out  of  the  prison  house  ; 
and  he  made  them  sport  :  and  they  set  him  between  the  pillars.  And  Samson  said  unto  the 
lad  that  held  him  by  the  hand.  Suffer  me  that  I  may  feel  the  pillars  whereupon  the  house 
standeth,  that  I  may  lean  upon  them.  Now  the  house  was  full  of  men  and  women  ;  and  all 
the  lords  of  the  Philistines  were  there  ;  and  there  were  upon  the  roof  about  three  thousand 
men  and  women,  that  beheld  while  Samson  made  sport. 

And  Samson  called  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  O  Lord  God,  remember  me,  I  pray  thee, 
and  strengthen  me,  I  pray  thee,  only  this  once,  O  God,  that  I  may  be  at  once  avenged  of  the 
Philistines  for  my  two  eyes.  And  Samson  took  hold  of  the  two  middle  pillars  upon  which  the 
house  stood,  and  on  which  it  was  borne  up,  of  the  one  with  his  right  hand,  and  of  the  other 
with  his  left.  And  Samson  said,  Let  me  die  with  the  Philistines.  And  he  bowed  himself 
with  all  his  might  ;  and  the  house  fell  upon  the  lords,  and  upon  all  the  people  that  were 
therein.  So  the  dead  which  he  slew  at  his  death  were  more  than  they  which  he  slew  in  his 
life. 

Then  his  brethren  and  all  the  house  of  his  father  came  down,  and  took  him,  and  brought 
him  up,  and  buried  him  between  Zorah  and  Eshtaol  in  the  buryingplace  of  Manoah  his 
father.     And  he  judged  Israel  twenty  years. — Judges  xvi,  21-ji. 


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NAOMI    AND  HER    DAUGHTERS    IN    LAW. 


Now  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  when  the  judges  ruled,  that  there  was  a  famine  in  the 
land.  And  a  certain  man  of  Beth-lehem-judah  went  to  sojourn  in  the  country  of  Moab,  he, 
and  his  wife,  and  his  two  sons.  And  the  name  of  the  man  was  Elimelech,  and  the  name  of  his 
wife  Naomi,  and  the  name  of  his  two  sons  Mahlon  and  Chilion,  Ephrathites  of  Beth-lehem- 
judah.  And  they  came  into  the  country  of  Moab,  and  continued  there.  And  Elimelech 
Naomi's  husband  died  ;  and  she  was  left,  and  her  two  sons.  And  they  took  them  wives  of  the 
women  of  Moab  ;  the  name  of  the  one  was  Orpah,  and  the  name  of  the  other  Ruth  :  and  they 
dwelt  there  about  ten  years.  And  Mahlon  and  Chilion  died  also  both  of  them  ;  and  the 
woman  was  left  of  her  two  sons  and  her  husband. 

Then  she  arose  with  her  daughters  in  law,  that  she  might  return  from  the  country  of  Moab  : 
for  she  had  heard  in  the  country  of  Moab  how  that  the  Lord  had  visited  his  people  in  giving 
them  bread.  Wherefore  she  went  forth  out  of  the  place  where  she  was,  and  her  two  daugh- 
ters in  law  with  her  ;  and  they  went  on  the  way  to  return  unto  the  land  of  Judah. 

And  Naomi  said  unto  her  two  daughters  in  law,  Go,  return  each  to  her  mother's  house  : 
the  Lord  deal  kindly  with  you,  as  ye  have  dealt  with  the  dead,  and  with  me.  The  Lord  grant 
you  that  ye  may  find  rest,  each  of  you  in  the  house  of  her  husband. 

Then  she  kissed  them  ;  and  they  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept.  And  they  said  unto  her^ 
Surely  we  will  return  with  thee  unto  thy  people. 

And  Naomi  said,  Turn  again,  my  daughters  :  why  will  ye  go  with  me  ?  are  there  yet  any 
more  sons  in  my  womb,  that  they  may  be  your  husbands  ?  Turn  again,  my  daughters,  go  your 
way  ;  for  I  am  too  old  to  have  a  husband.  If  I  should  say,  I  have  hope,  if  I  should  have  a 
husband  also  to  night,  and  should  also  bear  sons  ;  would  ye  tarry  for  them  till  they  were 
grown  ?  would  ye  stay  for  them  from  having  husbands  ?  nay,  my  daughters  ;  for  it  grieveth  me 
much  for  your  sakes  that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  is  gone  out  against  me. 

And  they  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept  again  :  and  Orpah  kissed  her  mother  in  law  •  but 
Ruth  clave  unto  her. 

And  she  said.  Behold,  thy  sister  in  law  is  gone  back  unto  her  people,  and  unto  her  gods  : 
return  thou  after  thy  sister  in  law. 

And  Ruth  said,  Entreat  me  not  to  leave  thee,  or  to  return  from  following  after  thee :  for 
whither  thou  goest,  I  will  go  ;  and  where  thou  lodgest,  I  will  lodge  :  thy  people  shall  be  my 
people,  and  thy  God  my  God  :  Where  thou  diest,  will  I  die,  and  there  will  I  be  buried  :  the 
Lord  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also,  if  ought  but  death  part  thee  and  me. 

When  she  saw  that  she  was  steadfastly  minded  to  go  with  her,  then  she  left  speaking 
unto  her. 

So  they  two  went  until  they  came  to  Beth-lehem. — RiUk  t,  i-ig. 


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RUTH    AND    BOAZ. 


And  Naomi  had  a  kinsman  of  her  husband's,  a  mighty  man  of  wealth,  of  the  family  of 
Elimelech  ;  and  his  name  was  Boaz. 

And  Ruth  the  Moabitess  said  unto  Naomi,  Let  me  now  go  to  the  field,  and  glean  ears  of 
corn  after  him  in  whose  sight  I  shall  find  grace.  And  she  said  unto  her.  Go,  my  daughter.  And 
she  went,  and  came  and  gleaned  in  the  field  after  the  reapers  ;  and  her  hap  was  to  light  on  a 
part  of  the  field  belonging  unto  Boaz,  who  was  of  the  kindred  of  Elimelech. 

And,  behold,  Boaz  came  from  Bethlehem,  and  said  unto  the  reapers,  The  Lord  be  with 
you.  And  they  answered  him.  The  Lord  bless  thee.  Then  said  Boaz  unto  his  servant  that 
was  set  over  the  reapers.  Whose  damsel  is  this  ?  And  the  servant  that  was  set  over  the 
reapers  answered  and  said.  It  is  the  Moabitish  damsel  that  came  back  with  Naomi  out  of  the 
country  of  Moab :  and  she  said,  I  pray  you,  let  me  glean  and  gather  after  the  reapers  among 
the  sheaves :  so  she  came,  and  hath  continued  even  from  the  morning  until  now,  that  she 
tarried  a  little  in  the  house. 

Then  said  Boaz  unto  Ruth,  Hearest  thou  not,  my  daughter  ?  Go  not  to  glean  in  another 
field,  neither  go  from  hence,  but  abide  here  fast  by  my  maidens :  let  thine  eyes  be  on  the  field 
that  they  do  reap,  and  go  thou  after  them  :  have  I  not  charged  the  young  men  that  they  shall 
not  touch  thee .?  and  when  thou  art  athirst,  go  unto  the  vessels,  and  drink  of  that  which  the 
young  men  have  drawn. 

Then  she  fell  on  her  face  and  bowed  herself  to  the  ground,  and  said  unto  him.  Why  have 
I  found  grace  in  thine  eyes,  that  thou  shouldest  take  knowledge  of  me,  seeing  I  am  a  stranger? 

And  Boaz  answered  and  said  unto  her,  It  hath  fully  been  shewed  me,  all  that  thou  hast 
done  unto  thy  mother  in  law  since  the  death  of  thine  husband :  and  how  thou  hast  left  thy 
father  and  thy  mother,  and  the  land  of  thy  nativity,  and  art  come  unto  a  people  which  than 
knewest  not  heretofore.  The  Lord  recompense  thy  work,  and  a  full  reward  be  given  thee  of 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  under  whose  wings  thou  art  come  to  trust. 

Then  she  said.  Let  me  find  favor  in  thy  sight,  my  lord ;  for  that  thou  hast  comforted  me, 
and  for  that  thou  hast  spoken  friendly  unto  thine  handmaid,  though  I  be  not  like  unto  one  of 
thine  handmaidens. 

And  Boaz  said  unto  her,  At  mealtime  come  thou  hither,  and  eat  of  the  bread,  and  dip 
thy  morsel  in  the  vinegar.  And  she  sat  beside  the  reapers  :  and  he  reached  her  parched  corn, 
and  she  did  eat,  and  was  sufficed,  and  left.  And  when  she  was  risen  up  to  glean,  Boaz  com- 
manded his  young  men,  saying.  Let  her  glean  even  among  the  sheaves,  and  reproach  her  not : 
and  let  fall  also  some  of  the  handfuls  of  purpose  for  her,  and  leave  them,  that  she  may  glean 
them  and  rebuke  her  not. 

So  she  gleaned  in  the  field  until  even,  and  beat  out  that  she  had  gleaned :  and  it  was 
about  an  ephah  of  barley. — Ruth  ii,  J-I7> 


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THE    RETURN    OF    THE    ARK. 


And  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  in  the  country  of  the  PhiHstines  seven  months.  And  the 
Philistines  called  for  the  priests  and  the  diviners,  saying,  What  shall  we  do  to  the  ark  of  the 
Lord  ?  tell  us  wherewith  we  shall  send  it  to  his  place.  And  they  said.  If  ye  send  away  the  ark 
of  the  God  of  Israel,  send  it  not  empty  ;  but  in  any  wise  return  him  a  trespass  offering :  then 
ye  shall  be  healed,  and  it  shall  be  known  to  you  why  his  hand  is  not  removed  from  you.  Then 
said  they.  What  shall  be  the  trespass  offering  which  we  shall  return  to  him  ?  They  answered, 
Five  golden  emerods,  and  five  golden  mice,  according  to  the  number  of  the  lords  of  the 
Philistines :  for  one  plague  was  on  you  all,  and  on  your  lords.  Wherefore  ye  shall  make 
images  of  your  emerods,  and  images  of  your  mice  that  mar  the  land  ;  and  ye  shall  give  glory 
unto  the  God  of  Israel  :  peradventure  he  will  lighten  his  hand  from  off  you,  and  from  off  your 
gods,  and  from  off  your  land.  Wherefore  then  do  ye  harden  your  hearts,  as  the  Egyptians 
and  Pharaoh  hardened  their  hearts  ?  when  he  had  wrought  wonderfully  among  them,  did  they 
not  let  the  people  go,  and  they  departed?  Now  therefore  make  a  new  cart,  and  take  two  milch 
kine,  on  which  there  hath  come  no  yoke,  and  tie  the  kine  to  the  cart,  arid  bring  their  calves 
home  from  them  :  and  take  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  lay  it  upon  the  cart ;  and  put  the  jewels 
of  gold,  which  ye  return  him  for  a  trespass  offering,  in  a  coffer  by  the  side  thereof;  and  send  it 
away,  that  it  may  go.  And  see,  if  it  goeth  up  by  the  way  of  his  own  coast  to  Beth-shemesh, 
then  he  hath  done  us  this  great  evil :  but  if  not,  then  we  shall  know  that  it  is  not  his  hand 
that  smote  us  ;  it  was  a  chance  that  happened  to  us. 

And  the  mSn  did  so  ;  and  took  two  milch  kine,  and  tied  them  to  the  cart,  and  shut  up  their 
calves  at  home  :  and  they  laid  the  ark  of  the  Lord  upon  the  cart,  and  the  coffer  with  the  mice 
of  gold  and  the  images  of  their  emerods.  And  the  kine  took  the  straight  way  to  the  way  of 
Beth-shemesh,  and  went  along  the  highway,  lowing  as  they  went,  and  turned  not  aside  to  the 
right  hand  or  to  the  left ;  and  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  went  after  them  unto  the  border  of 
Beth-shemesh.  And  they  of  Beth-shemesh  were  reaping  their  wheat  harvest  in  the  valley:  and 
they  lifted  up  their  eyes,  and  saw  the  ark,  and  rejoiced  to  see  it.  And  the  cart  came  into  the 
field  of  Joshua,  a  Beth-shemite,  and  stood  there,  where  there  was  a  great  stone:  and  they  clave 
the  wood  of  the  cart,  and  offered  the  kine  a  burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

And  the  Levites  took  down  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  the  coffer  that  was  with  it,  wherem 
the  jewels  of  gold  were,  and  put  them  on  the  great  stone  :  and  the  men  of  Beth-shemesh  offered 
burnt  offerings  and  sacrificed  sacrifices  the  same  day  unto  the  Lord. — /  Samuel  vi,  1-15, 


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SAUL   AND    DAVID. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had  made  an  end  of  speaking  unto  Saul,  that  the  soul  of 
Jonathan  was  knit  with  the  soul  of  David,  and  Jonathan  loved  him  as  his  own  soul.  And  Saul 
took  him  that  day,  and  would  let  him  go  no  more  home  to  his  father's  house. 

Then  Jonathan  and  David  made  a  covenant,  because  he  loved  him  as  his  own  soul.  And 
Jonathan  stripped  himself  of  the  robe  that  was  upon  him,  and  gave  it  to  David,  and  his 
garments,  even  to  his  sword,  and  to  his  bow,  and  to  his  girdle. 

And  David  went  out  withersoever  Saul  sent  him,  and  behaved  himself  wisely :  and  Saul 
set  him  over  the  men  of  war,  and  he  was  accepted  in  the  sight  of  all  the  people,  and  also  in 
the  sig^ht  of  Saul's  servants. 

And  it  came  to  pass  as  they  came,  when  David  was  returned  from  the  slaughter  of  the 
Philistine,  that  the  women  came  out  of  all  cities  of  Israel,  singing  and  dancing,  to  meet  king 
Saul,  with  tabrets,  with  joy,  and  with  instruments  of  music.  And  the  women  answered  one 
another  as  they  played,  and  said,  Saul  hath  slain  his  thousands,  and  David  his  ten  thousands. 

And  Saul  was  very  wroth,  and  the  saying  displeased  him  ;  and  he  said,  They  have  ascribed 
unto  David  ten  thousands,  and  to  me  they  have  ascribed  but  thousands :  and  what  can  he  have 
more  but  the  kingdom  ?     And  Saul  eyed  David  from  that  day  and  forward. 

And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  the  evil  spirit  from  God  came  upon  Saul, 
and  he  prophesied  in  the  midst  of  the  house :  and  David  played  with  his  hand,  as  at  other 
times:  and  there  was  a  javelin  in  Saul's  hand.  And, Saul  cast  the  javelin;  for  he  said,  I  will 
smite  David  even  to  the  wall  with  it.  And  David  avoided  out  of  his  presence  twice. — /  Samuel 
XVI  ii,  i-ii. 


DAVID    SPARING    SAUL. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Saul  was  returned  from  following  the  Philistines,  that  it  was  told  him,  say- 
ing, Behold,  David  is  in  the  wilderness  of  En-gedi.  Then  Saul  took  three  thousand  chosen  men  out  of  all 
Israel,  and  went  to  seek  David  and  his  men  upon  the  rocks  of  the  wild  goats.  And  he  came  to  the  sheep- 
cotes  by  the  way,  where  was  a  cave ;  and  Saul  went  in  to  cover  his  feet :  and  David  and  his  men  remained 
in  the  sides  of  the  cave. 

And  the  men  of  David  said  unto  him.  Behold  the  day  of  which  the  Lord  said  unto  thee,  Behold,  I  will 
deliver  thine  enemy  into  thine  hand,  that  thou  mayest  do  to  him  as  it  shall  seem  good  unto  thee.  Then 
David  arose,  and  cut  off  the  skirt  of  Saul's  robe  privily.  And  it  came  to  pass  afterward,  that  David's  heart 
smote  him,  because  he  had  cut  off  Saul's  skirt.  And  he  said  unto  his  men,  The  Lord  forbid  that  I  should 
do  this  thing  unto  my  master,  the  Lord's  anointed,  to  stretch  forth  mine  hand  against  him,  seeing  he  is  the 
anointed  of  the  Lord. 

So  David  stayed  his  servants  with  these  words,  and  suffered  them  not  to  rise  against  Saul.  But  Saul 
rose  up  out  of  the  cave,  and  went  on  his  way.  David  also  arose  afterward,  and  went  out  of  the  cave,  and 
cried  after  Saul,  saying,  My  lord  the  king.  And  when  Saul  looked  behind  him,  David  stooped  with  his 
face  to  the  earth  and  bowed  himself. 

And  David  said  to  Saul,  Wherefore  hearest  thou  men's  words,  saying,  Behold,  David  seeketh  thy  hurt? 
Behold,  this  day  thine  eyes  have  seen  how  that  the  Lord  had  delivered  thee  to-day  into  mine  hand  in  the 
cave:  and  some  bade  me  kill  thee;  but  mine  eye  spared  thee;  and  I  said,  I  will  not  put  forth  mine  hand 
against  my  lord ;  for  he  is  the  Lord's  anointed.  Moreover,  my  father,  see,  yea,  see  the  skirt  of  thy  robe  in 
my  hand :  for  in  that  I  cut  off  the  skirt  of  thy  robe,  and  killed  thee  not,  know  thou  and  see  that  there  is 
neither  evil  nor  transgression  in  mine  hand,  and  I  have  not  sinned  against  thee ;  yet  thou  huntest  my  soul 
to  take  it.  The  Lord  judge  between  me  and  thee,  and  the  Lord  avenge  me  of  thee :  but  mine  hand  shall 
not  be  upon  thee.  As  saith  the  proverb  of  the  ancients,  Wickedness  proceedeth  from  the  wicked  :  but 
mine  hand  shall  not  be  upon  thee.  After  whom  is  the  king  of  Israel  come  out  ?  after  whom  dost  thou 
pursue?  after  a  dead  dog,  after  a  flea.  The  Lord  therefore  be  judge,  and  judge  between  me  and  thee,  and 
see,  and  plead  my  cause,  and  deliver  me  out  of  thine  hand. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  David  had  made  an  end  of  speaking  these  words  unto  Saul,  that  Saul  said, 
Is  this  thy  voice,  my  son  David  ?  And  Saul  lifted  up  his  voice,  and  wept.  And  he  said  to  David,  Thou 
art  more  righteous  than  I :  for  thou  hast  rewarded  me  good,  whereas  I  have  rewarded  thee  evil.  And  thou 
hast  shewed  this  day  how  that  thou  hast  dealt  well  with  me :  forasmuch  as  when  the  Lord  had  delivered 
me  into  thine  hand,  thou  killedst  me  not.  For  if  a  man  find  his  enemy,  will  he  let  him  go  well  away? 
wherefore  the  Lord  reward  thee  good  for  that  thou  hast  done  unto  me  this  day.  And  now,  behold,  I 
'know  well  that  thou  shalt  surely  be  king,  and  that  the  kingdom  of  Israel  shall  be  established  in  thine  hand. 
Swear  now  therefore  unto  me  by  the  Lord,  that  thou  wilt  not  cut  off  my  seed  after  me,  and  that  thou  wilt 
not  destroy  my  name  out  of  my  father's  house. 

And  David  sware  unto  Saul.  And  Saul  went  home ;  but  David  and  his  men  gat  them  up  unto  the 
hold. — /  Samuel  xxiv,  1-22. 


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DEATH    OF   SAUL. 


Now  the  Philistines  fought  agairtst  Isr^rel :  and  the  men  of  Israel  fled  from  before  the  Phil- 
istines, and  fell  down  slain  in  mount  Gilboa.  And  the  Philistines  followed  hard  upon  Saul  and 
upon  his  sons;  and  the  Philistines  slew  Jonathan,  and  Abinadab,  and  Melch-shua,  Saul's  sons. 

And  the  battle  went  sore  against  Saul,  and  the  archers  hit  him  ;  and  he  was  sore  wounded 
of  the  archers.  Then  said  Saul  unto  his  armourbearer,  Draw  thy  sword,  and  thrust  me  through 
therewith  ;  lest  these  uncircumcised  come  and  thrust  me  through,  and  abuse  me.  But  his 
armourbearer  would  not ;  for  he  was  sore  afraid.  Therefore  Saul  took  a  sword,  and  fell  upon 
it.  And  when  his  armourbearer  saw  that  Saul  was  dead,  he  fell  likewise  upon  his  sword,  and 
died  with  him. 

So  Saul  died,  and  his  three  sons,  and  his  armourbearer,  and  all  his  men,  that  same  day 
togfether. 

And  when  the  men  of  Israel  that  were  on  the  other  side  of  the  valley,  and  they  that  were 
on  the  other  side  Jordan,  saw  that  the  men  of  Israel  fled,  and  that  Saul  and  his  sons  were 
dead,  they  forsook  the  cities,  and  fled  ;  and  the  Philistines  came  and  dwelt  in  them.  And 
it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  when  the  Philistines  came  to  strip  the  slain,  that  they  found 
Saul  and  his  three  sons  fallen  in  mount  Gilboa.  And  they  cut  off  his  head,  and  stripped  off" 
his  armour,  and  sent  into  the  land  of  the  Philistines  round  about,  to  publish  it  in  the  house 
of  their  idols,  and  among  the  people.  And  they  put  his  armour  in  the  house  of  Ashtaroth : 
and  they  fastened  his  body  to  the  wall  of  Beth-shan. 

And  when  the  inhabitants  of  Jabesh-gilead  heard  of  that  which  the  Philistines  had  done  to 
Saul ;  all  the  valiant  men  arose,  and  went  all  night,  and  took  the  body  of  Saul  and  the  bodies 
of  his  sons  from  the  wall  of  Beth-shan,  and  came  to  Jabesh,  and  burnt  them  there.  And 
they  took  their  bones,  and  buried  them  under  a  tree  at  Jabesh,  and  fasted  seven  days. — 
/  Samuel  xxxi. 


THE    DEATH    OF   ABSALOM. 


And  David  numbered  the  people  that  were  with  him,  and  set  captains  of  thousands  and  captains  of 
hundreds  over  them.  And  David  set  forth  a  third  part  of  the  people  under  the  hand  of  Joab,  and  a  third 
part  under  the  hand  of  Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  Joab's  brother,  and  a  third  part  under  the  hand  of  Ittai 
the  Gittite.     And  the  king  said  unto  the  people,  I  will  surely  go  forth  with  you  myself  also. 

But  the  people  answered,  Thou  shalt  not  go  forth :  for  if  we  flee  away,  they  will  not  care  for  us ; 
neither  if  half  of  us  die,  will  they  care  for  us:  but  now  thou  art  worth  ten  thousand  of  us:  therefore  now  it 
is  better  that  thou  succor  us  out  of  the  city. 

And  the  king  said  unto  them,  What  seemeth  you  best  I  will  do.  And  the  king  stood  by  the  gate  side, 
and  all  the  people  came  out  by  hundreds  and  by  thousands.  And  the  king  commanded  Joab  and  Abishai 
and  Ittai,  saying.  Deal  gently  for  my  sake  with  the  young  man,  even  with  Absalom.  And  all  the  people 
heard  when  the  king  gave  all  the  captains  charge  concerning  Absalom. 

So  the  people  went  out  into  the  field  against  Israel :  and  the  battle  was  in  the  wood  of  Ephraim ;  where 
the  people  of  Israel  were  slain  before  the  servants  of  David,  and  there  was  there  a  great  slaughter  that  day 
of  twenty  thousand  men.  For  the  battle  was  there  scattered  over  the  face  of  all  the  country:  and  the  wood 
devoured  more  people  that  day  than  the  sword  devoured. 

And  Absalom  met  the  servants  of  David.  And  Absalom  rode  upon  a  mule,  and  the  mule  went  under 
the  thick  boughs  of  a  great  oak,  and  his  head  caught  hold  of  the  oak,  and  he  was  taken  up  between  the 
heaven  and  the  earth ;  and  the  mule  that  was  under  him  went  away. 

And  a  certain  man  saw  it,  and  told  Joab,  and  said,  Behold  I  saw  Absalom  hanged  in  an  oak. 

And  Joab  said  unto  the  man  that  told  him,  And,  behold,  thou  sawest  him,  and  why  didst  thou  not 
smite  him  there  to  the  ground  ?  and  I  would  have  given  thee  ten  shekels  of  silver,  and  a  girdle. 

And  the  man  said  unto  Joab,  Though  I  should  receive  a  thousand  shekels  of  silver  in  mine  hand,  yet 
would  I  not  put  forth  mine  hand  against  the  king's  son  :  for  in  our  hearing  the  king  charged  thee  and 
Abishai  and  Ittai,  saying.  Beware  that  none  touch  the  young  man  Absalom.  Otherwise  I  should  have 
wrought  falsehood  against  mine  own  life  :  for  there  is  no  matter  hid  from  the  king,  and  thou  thyself  wouldst 
have  set  thyself  against  me. 

Then  said  Joab,  I  may  not  tarry  thus  with  thee.  And  he  took  three  darts  in  his  hand,  and  thrust  them 
through  the  heart  of  Absalom,  while  he  was  yet  alive  in  the  midst  of  the  oak.  And  ten  young  men  that 
bare  Joab's  armor  compassed  about  and  smote  Absalom,  and  slew  him.  And  Joab  blew  the  trumpet,  and 
the  people  returned  from  pursuing  after. Israel :  for  Joab  held  back  the  people.  And  they  took  Absalom, 
and  cast  him  into  a  great  pit  in  the  wood,  and  laid  a  very  great  heap  of  stones  upon  him :  and  all  Israel  fled 
every  one  to  his  tent. — 2  Samuel  xviii,  1-17. 


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DAVID    MOURNING   OVER   ABSALOM. 


Then  said  Ahimaaz  the  son  of  Zadok,  Let  me  now  run,  and  bear  the  king  tidings,  how  that  the  Lord 
hath  avenged  him  of  his  enemies.  And  Joab  said  unto  him,  Thou  shalt  not  bear  tidings  this  day,  but  thou 
shalt  bear  tidings  another  day:  but  this  day  thou  shalt  bear  no  tidings,  because  the  king's  son  is  dead. 
Then  said  Joab  to  Cushi,  Go  tell  the  king  what  thou  hast  seen.  And  Cushi  bowed  himself  unto  Joab,  and 
ran.  Then  said  Ahimaaz  the  son  of  Zadok  yet  again  to  Joab,  But  howsoever,  let  me,  I  pray  thee,  also  run 
after  Cushi.  And  Joab  said.  Wherefore  wilt  thou  run,  my  son,  seeing  that  thou  hast  no  tidings  ready? 
But  howsoever,  said  he  let  me  run.  And  he  said  unto  him,  Run.  Then  Ahimaaz  ran  by  the  way  of  the 
plain,  and  overran  Cushi. 

And  David  sat  between  the  two  gates :  and  the  watchman  went  up  to  the  roof  over  the  gate  unto  the 
wall,  and  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked,  and  behold  a  man  running  alone.  And  the  watchman  cried,  and 
told  the  king.  And  the  king  said,  If  he  be  alone,  there  is  tidings  in  his  mouth.  And  he  came  apace,  and 
drew  near.  And  the  watchman  saw  another  man  running:  and  the  watchman  called  unto  the  porter,  and 
said,  Behold  another  man  running  alone.  And  the  king  said.  He  also  bringeth  tidings.  And  the  watchman 
said,  Me  thinketh  the  running  of  the  foremost  is  like  the  running  of  Ahimaaz  the  son  of  Zadok.  And  the 
king  said.  He  is  a  good  man,  and  cometh  with  good  tidings. 

And  Ahimaaz  called,  and  said  unto  the  king.  All  is  well.  And  he  fell  down  to  the  earth  upon  his  face 
before  the  king,  and  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  hath  delivereth  up  the  men  that  lifted  up 
their  hand  against  my  lord  the  king.  And  the  king  said,  Is  the  young  man  Absalom  safe?  And  Ahimaaz 
answered.  When  Joab  sent  the  king's  servant,  and  me  thy  servant,  I  saw  a  great  tumult,  but  I  knew  not 
what  it  was.  And  the  king  said  unto  him.  Turn  aside,  and  stand  here.  And  he  turned  aside,  and  stood 
still. 

And,  behold,  Cushi  came;  and  Cushi  said.  Tidings,  my  lord  the  king:  for  the  Lord  hath  avenged  thee 
this  day  of  all  them  that  rose  up  against  thee.  And  the  king  said  unto  Cushi,  Is  the  young  man  Absalom 
safe?  And  Cushi  answered.  The  enemies  of  my  lord  the  king,  and  all  that  rise  against  thee  to  do  thee  hurt, 
be  as  that  young  man  is. 

And  the  king  was  much  moved,  and  went  up  to  the  chamber  over  the  gate,  and  wept :  and  as  he  went, 
thus  he  said,  O  my  son  Absalom,  my  son,  my  son  Absalom !  would  God  I  had  died  for  thee,  O  Absalom, 
my  son,  my  son  ! 

And  it  was  told  Joab,  Behold  the  king  weepeth  and  mourneth  for  Al^salom.  And  the  victory  that  day 
was  turned  into  mourning  unto  all  the  people:  for  the  people  heard  say  that  day  how  theking  was  grieved 
for  his  son.  And  the  people  gat  them  by  stealth  that  day  into  the  city,  as  people  being  ashamed  steal 
away  when  they  flee  in  battle. 

But  the  king  covered  his  face,  and  the  king  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  O  my  son  Absalom,  O  Absalom,  my 
son,  my  son ! — 2  Samuel  xviii,  ig-33;  xix,  i-^. 


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SOLOMON. 


And  David  took  him  more  concubines  and  wives  out  of  Jerusalem,  after  he  was  come  from 
Hebron:  and  there  were  yet  sons  and  daughters  born  to  David.  And  these  be  the  names  of 
those  that  were  born  unto  him  in  Jerusalem  ;  Shammuah,  and  Shobab,  and  Nathan,  and  Sol- 
omon, Ibhar  also,  and  Elishua,  and  Nepheg,  and  Japhia,  and  Elishama,  and  Eliada,  and 
Eliphalet. — 2  Samuel  v.  13—16. 

And  David  comforted  Bath-sheba  his  wife,  and  went  in  unto  her,  and  lay  with  her: 
and  she  bare  a  son,  and  he  called  his  name  Solomon  :  and  the  Lord  loved  him. — 2  Samuel 
xii,  24. 

So  David  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the  city  of  David.  And  the  days 
that  David  reigned  over  Israel  were  forty  years :  seven  years  reigned  he  in  Hebron,  and 
thirty  and  three  years  reigned  he  in  Jerusalem. 

Then  sat  Solomon  upon  the  throne  of  David  his  father,  and  his  kingdom  was  estab- 
lished greatly. — /  Kings  i?',  10-12. 

And  God  gave  Solomon  wisdom  and  understanding  exceeding  much,  and  largeness  of 
heart,  even  as  the  sand  that  is  on  the  sea  shore.  And  Solomon's  wisdom  excelled  the 
wisdom  of  all  the  children  of  the  east  country,  and  all  the  wisdom  of  Egypt.  For  he  was 
wiser  than  all  men  ;  than  Ethan  the  Ezrahite,  and  Heman,  and  Chalcol,  and  Darda,  the 
sons  of  Mahol :  and  his  fame  was  in  all  nations  round  about.  And  he  spake  three 
thousand  proverbs :  and  his  songs  were  a  thousand  and  five.  And  he  spake  of  trees,  from 
the  cedar  tree  that  is  in  Lebanon  even  unto  the  hyssop  that  springeth  out  of  the  wall  : 
he  spake  also  of  beasts,  and  of  fowl,  and  of  creeping  things,  and  of  fishes.  And  there 
came  of  all  people  to  hear  the  wisdom  of  Solomon,  from  all  kings  of  the  earth,  which  had 
heard  of  his  wisdom. — 2  Kings  iv,  2^-34. 


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THE  JUDGMENT  OF  SOLOMON. 


Then   came  there  two  women,  that  were  harlots,  unto  the  king,  and  stood  before  him. 

And  the  one  woman  said,  O  my  lord,  I  and  this  woman  dwell  in  one  house ;  and  I  was 
delivered  of  a  child  with  her  in  the  house.  And  it  came  to  pass  the  third  day  after  that 
I  was  delivered,  that  this  woman  was  delivered  also :  and  we  were  together ;  there  was  no 
stranger  with  us  in  the  house,  save  we  two  in  the  house.  ^  And  this  woman's  child  died  in 
the  night ;  because  she  overlaid  it.  And  she  arose  at  midnight,  and  took  my  son  from  beside 
me,  while  thine  handmaid  slept,  and  laid  it  in  her  bosom,  and  laid  her  dead  child  in  my 
bosom.  And  when  I  rose  in  the  morning  to  give  my  child  suck,  behold,  it  was  dead :  but 
when   I    had   considered   it   in   the    morning,  behold,  it  was  not  my  son,  which   I  did  bear. 

And  the  other  woman  said.  Nay ;   but  the  living  is  my  son,  and  the  dead  is  thy  son. 

And  this  said.  No  ;    but  the  dead  is  thy  son,  and  the  living  is  my  son. 

Thus  they  spake  before  the  king. 

Then  said  the  king.  The  one  saith.  This  is  my  son  that  liveth,  and  thy  son  is  the  dead* 
and  the  other  saith,  Nay ;  but  thy  son  is  the  dead,  and  my  son  is  the  living.  And  the  king 
said,  Bring  me  a  sword. 

And  they  brought  a  sword  before  the  king. 

And  the  king  said,  Divide  the  living  child  in  two,  and  give  half  to  the  one,  and  half 
to  the  other. 

Then  spake  the  woman  whose  the  living  child  was  unto  the  king,  for  her  bowels 
yearned  upon  her  son,  and  she  said,  O  my  lord,  give  her  the  living  child,  and  in  no  wise 
slay  it. 

But  the  other  said.  Let  it  be  neither  mine  nor  thine,  but  divide  it. 

Then  the  king  answered  and  said,  Give  her  the  living  child,  and  in  no  wise  slay  it : 
she  is  the  mother  thereof. 

And  all  Israel  heard  of  the  judgment  which  the  king  had  judged  ;  and  they  feared  the 
king :  for  they  saw  that  the  wisdom  of  God  was  in  him,  to  do  judgment.  —  /  Kings  iiiy 
16-28, 


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THE  CEDARS  DESTINED  FOR  THE  TEMPLE. 


And  Hiram  king  of  Tyre  sent  his  servants  unto  Solomon ;  for  he  had  heard  that  they  had 
anointed  him  king  in  the  room  of  his  father  :  for  Hiram  was  ever  a  lover  of  David. 

And  Solomon  sent  to  Hiram,  saying,  Thou  knowest  how  that  David  my  father  could  not 
build  a  house  unto  the  name  of  the  Lord  his  God  for  the  wars  which  were  about  him  on  every 
side,  until  the  Lord  put  them  under  the  soles  of  his  feet.  But  now  the  Lord  my  God  hath 
given  me  rest  on  every  side,  so  that  there  is  neither  adversary  nor  evil  occurrent.  And,  behold, 
I  purpose  to  build  a  house  unto  the  name  of  the  Lord  my  God,  as  the  Lord  spake  unto 
David  my  father,  saying.  Thy  son,  whom  I  will  set  upon  thy  throne  in  thy  room,  he  shall  build 
a  house  unto  my  name.  Now  therefore  command  thou  that  they  hew  me  cedar  trees  out  of 
Lebanon ;  and  my  servants  shall  be  with  thy  servants  :  and  unto  thee  will  I  give  hire  for  thy 
servants  according  to  all  that  thou  shalt  appoint :  for  thou  knowest  that  there  is  not  among  us 
any  that  can  skill  to  hew  timber  like  unto  the  Sidonians. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Hiram  heard  the  words  of  Solomon,  that  he  rejoiced  greatly, 
and  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord  this  day,  which  hath  given  unto  David  a  wise  son  over  this  great 
people.  And  Hiram  sent  to  Solomon,  saying,  I  have  considered  the  things  which  thou  sentest 
to  me  for :  and  I  will  do  all  thy  desire  concerning  timber  of  cedar,  and  concerning  timber  of  fir. 
My  servants  shall  bring  them  down  from  Lebanon  unto  the  sea ;  and  I  will  convey  them  by 
sea  in  floats  unto  the  place  that  thou  shalt  appoint  me,  and  will  cause  them  to  be  discharged 
there,  and  thou  shalt  receive  them:  and  thou  shalt  accomplish  my  desire,  in  giving  food  for  my 
household. 

So  Hiram  gave  Solomon  cedar  trees  and  fir  trees  according  to  all  his  desire. 

And  Solomon  gave  Hiram  twenty  thousand  measures  of  wheat  for  food  to  his  household, 
and  twenty  measures  of  pure  oil':  thus  gave  Solomon  to  Hiram  year  by  year. 

And  the  Lord  gave  Solomon  wisdom,  as  he  promised  him  :  and  there  was  peace  between 
Hiram  and  Solomon  ;  and  they  two  made  a  league  together. 

And  king  Solomon  raised  a  levy  out  of  all  Israel ;  and  the  levy  was  thirty  thousand  men. 
And  he  sent  them  to  Lebanon,  ten  thousand  a  month  by  courses:  a  month  they  were  in  Leba- 
tion,  and  two  months  at  home  :  and  Adoniram  was  over  the  levy.  And  Solomon  had  three- 
score and  ten  thousand  that  bare  burdens,  and  fourscore  thousand  hewers  in  the  mountains ; 
beside  the  chief  of  Solomon's  officers  which  were  over  the  work,  three  thousand  and  three 
hundred,  which  ruled  over  the  people  that  wrought  in  the  work.  And  the  king  commanded, 
and  they  brought  great  stones,  costly  stones,  and  hewed  stones,  to  lay  the  foundation  of  the 
bouse.  And  Solomon's  builders,  and  Hiram's  builders  did  hew  them,  and  the  stone-squarers : 
so  they  prepared  timber  and  stones  to  build  the  house. — /  Kings  v» 


38 


9 


THE    PROPHET    SLAIN    BY   A    LION. 


Now  there  dwelt  an  old  prophet  in  Bethel  ;  and  his  sons  came  and  told  him  all  the 
works  that  the  man  of  God  had  done  that  day  in  Bethel :  the  words  which  he  had  spoken 
unto  the  king,  them  they  told  also  to  their  father.  And  their  father  said  unto  them, 
What  way  went  he  ?  For  his  sons  had  seen  what  way  the  man  of  God  went,  which  came 
from  Judah.  And  he  said  unto  his  sons,  Saddle  me  the  ass.  So  they  saddled  him  the 
ass :  and  he  rode  thereon,  and  went  after  the  man  of  God,  and  found  him  sitting  under 
an  oak:  and  he  said  unto  him,  Art  thou  the  man  of  God  that  camest  from  Judah?  And 
he  said,  I  am.  Then  he  said  unto  him,  Come  home  with  me,  and  eat  bread.  And  he 
said,  I  may  not  return  with  thee,  nor  go  in  with  thee :  neither  will  I  eat  bread  nor  drink 
water  with  thee  in  this  place :  for  it  was  said  to  me  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  Thou 
shalt  eat  no  bread  nor  drink  water  there,  nor  turn  again  to  go  by  the  way  that  thou 
camest.  He  said  unto  him,  I  am  a  prophet  also  as  thou  art ;  and  an  angel  spake  unto  me 
by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  saying.  Bring  him  back  with  thee  into  thine  house,  that  he  may 
eat  bread  and  drink  water.  But  he  lied  unto  him.  So  he  went  back  with  him,  and  did 
eat  bread  in  his  house,  and  drank  water. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  sat  at  the  'table,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  canie  unto 
the  prophet  that  brought  him  back  :  and  he  cried  unto  the  man  of  God  that  came  from 
Judah,  saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Forasmuch  as  thou  hast  disobeyed  the  mouth  of  the 
Lord,  and  hast  not  kept  the  commandment  which  the  Lord  thy  Xjod  commanded  thee, 
but  camest  back,  and  hast  eaten  bread  and  drunk  water  in  the  place,  of  the  which  the 
Lord  did  say  to  thee,  Eat  no  bread,  and  drink  no  water;  thy  carcass  shall  not  come  unto 
the  sepulchre   of  thy  fathers. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  after  he  had  eaten  bread,  and  after  he  had  drunk,  that  he 
saddled    for    him   the    ass,   to  wit,    for  the    prophet  whom    he    had  brought  back. 

And  when  he  was  gone,  a  lion  met  him  by  the  way,  and  slew  him :  and  his  carcass 
was  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass  stood  by  it,  the   lion  also  stood  by  the  carcass. 

And,  behold,  men  passed  by,  and  saw  the  carcass  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  lion  stand- 
ing by  the  carcass :  and  they  came  and  told  it  in  the  city  where  the  old  prophet  dwelt. 
And  when  the  prophet  that  brought  him  back  from  the  way  heard  thereof,  he  said,  It  is 
the  man  of  God,  who  was  disobedient  unto  the  word  of  the  Lord :  therefore  the  Lord 
hath  delivered  him  unto  the  lion,  which  hath  torn  him,  and  slain  him,  according  to  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  unto  him.  And  he  spake  to  his  sons,  saying,  Saddle 
me  the  ass.     And  they  saddled  him. 

And  he  went  and  found  his  carcass  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass  and  the  lion  standing 
by  the  carcass  :  the  lion  had  not   eaten  the  carcass,  nor  torn  the   ass. — /  Kings  xiii,  11-28. 


ELIJAH    DESTROYING   THE    MESSENGERS    OF   AHAZIAH. 


And  Ahaziah  fell  down  through  a  lattice  in  his  upper  chamber  that  was  in  Samaria,  and 
was  sick  :  and  he  sent  messengers,  and  said  unto  them,  Go,  enquire  of  Baal-zebub  the  god  of 
Ekron  whether  I  shall  recover  of  this  disease. 

But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  Arise,  go  up  to  meet  the  messengers 
of  the  king  of  Samaria,  and  say  unto  them.  Is  it  not  because  there  is  not  a  God  in  Israel,  that 
ye  go  to  enquire  of  Baal-zebub  the  god  of  Ekron  ?  Now  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Thou 
shalt  not  come  down  from  that  bed  on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  but  shalt  surely  die.  And 
Elijah  departed. 

And  when  the  messengers  turned  back  unto  him,  he  said  unto  them.  Why  are  ye  now 
turned  back  ?  And  they  said  unto  him,  There  came  a  man  up  to  meet  us,  and  said  unto  us, 
Go,  turn  again  unto  the  king  that  sent  you,  and  say  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Is  it  not 
because  there  is  not  a  God  in  Israel,  that  thou  sendest  to  enquire  of  Baal-zebub  the  god  of 
Ekron  ?  therefore  thou  shalt  not  come  down  from  that  bed  on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  but 
shalt  surely  die.  And  he  said  unto  them,  What  manner  of  man  was  he  which  came  up  to  meet 
you,  and  told  you  these  words  ?  And  they  answered  him,  He  was  an  hairy  man,  and  girt  with 
a  girdle  of  leather  about  his  loins.     And  he  said,  It  is  Elijah  the  Tishbite. 

Then  the  king  sent  unto  him  a  captain  of  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And  he  went  up  to  him  : 
and,  behold,  he  sat  on  the  top  of  an  hill.  And  he  spake  unto  him,  Thou  man  of  God,  the  king 
hath  said,  Come  down.  And  Elijah  answered  and  said  to  the  captain  of  fifty,  If  I  be  a  man  of 
God,  then  let  fire  come  down  from  heaven,  and  consume  thee  and  thy  fifty.  And  there  came 
down  fire  from  heaven  and  consumed  him  and  his  fifty. 

Again  also  he  sent  unto  him  another  captain  of  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And  he  answered  and 
said  unto  him,  O  man  of  God,  thus  hath  the  king  said.  Come  down  quickly.  And  Elijah 
answered  and  said  unto  them,  If  I  be  a  man  of  God,  let  fire  come  down  from  heaven,  and 
consume  thee  and  thy  fifty.  And  the  fire  of  God  came  down  from  heaven  and  consumed  him 
and  his  fifty. 

And  he  sent  again  a  captain  of  the  third  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And  the  third  captain  of  fifty 
went  up,  and  came  and  fell  on  his  knees  before  Elijah,  and  besought  him,  and  said  unto  him, 
O  man  of  God,  I  pray  thee,  let  my  life,  and  the  life  of  these  fifty  thy  servants,  be  precious  in 
thy  sight.  Behold,  there  came  fire  down  from  heaven,  and  burnt  up  the  two  captains  of  the 
former  fifties  with  their  fifties  :  therefore  let  my  life  now  be  precious  in  thy  sight. 

And  the  angel  of  the  lord  said  unto  Elijah,  Go  down  with  him  :  be  not  afraid  of  him. 
And  he  arose,  and  went  down  with  him  unto  the  king.  And  he  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Forasmuch  as  thou  hast  sent  messengers  to  enquire  of  Baal-zebub  the  god  of  Ekron,  is 
it  not  because  there  is  no  God  in  Israel  to  enquire  of  his  word?  therefore  thou  shalt  not  come" 
down  off  that  bed  on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  but  shalt  surely  die. 

So  he  died  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  Elijah  had  spoken. — 2  Kings  i,  z-ij. 


40 


ELIJAH'S  ASCENT  IN  A  CHARIOT  OF  FIRE. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  Lord  would  take  up  EHjah  into  heaven  by  a  whirl- 
wind, that  Ehjah  went  with  EHsha  from  Gilgal.  And  Elijah  said  unto  Elisha,  Tarry  here, 
I  pray  thee  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Beth-el.  And  Elisha  said  unto  him,  As  the 
Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  So  they  went  down  to 
Beth-el. 

And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that  were  at  Beth-el  came  forth  to  Elisha,  and  said  unto 
him,  Knowest  thou  that  the  Lord  will  take  away  thy  master  from  thy  head  to-day  ?  And 
he  said,  Yea,  I  know  it ;  hold  ye  your  peace.  And  Elijah  said  unto  him,  Elisha,  tarry 
here,  I  pray  thee ;  for  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Jericho.  And  he  said,  As  the  Lord 
liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,   I  will  not  leave  thee.     So  they  came  to  Jericho. 

And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that  were  at  Jericho  came  to  Elisha,  and  said  unto  him, 
Knowest  thou  that  the  Lord  will  take  away  thy  master  from  thy  head  to-day  ?  And  he 
answered,  Yea,  I  know  it ;  hold  ye  your  peace.  And  Elijah  said  unto  him.  Tarry,  I  pray 
thee,  here  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Jordan.  And  he  said,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  and 
as   thy  soul  liveth,   I  will  not  leave  thee.     And  they  two  w^ent  on. 

And  fifty  men  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets  went,  and  stood  to  view  afar  off  :  and  they 
two  stood  by  Jordan. 

And  Elijah  took  his  mantle,  and  wrapped  it  together,  and  smote  the  waters,  and  they 
were   divided   hither  and  thither,   so  that  they  two  went  over  on   dry  ground. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were  gone  over,  that  Elijah  said  unto  Elisha,  Ask 
what  I  shall  do  for  thee,  before  I  be  taken  away  from  thee.  And  Elisha  said,  I  pray 
thee,  let  a  double  portion  of  thy  spirit  be  upon  me.  And  he  said,  Thou  hast  asked  a 
hard  thing :  nevertheless,  if  thou  see  me  when  I  am  taken  from  thee,  it  shall  be  so  unto 
thee ;  but   if  not,   it  shall   not  be  so. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  still  went  on,  and  talked,  that,  behold,  there  appeared 
a  chariot  of  fire,  and  horses  of  fire,  and  parted  them  both  asunder;  and  Elijah  went  up 
by  a  whirlwind   into   heaven. — 2  Kings  it,  i-ii. 


42 


THE    DEATH    OF   JEZEBEL. 


And  when  Jehu  was  come  to  Jezreel,  Jezebel  heard  of  it;  and  she  painted  her  face, 
and  tired  her  head,  and  looked  out  at  a  window.  And  as  Jehu  entered  in  at  the  gate, 
she  said,  Had  Zimri  peace,  who  slew  his  master? 

And  he  lifted  up  his  face  to  the  window,  and  said,  Who  is  on  my  side?  who?  And 
there  looked  out  to  him  two  or  three  eunuchs.  And  he  said,  Throw  her  down.  So  they 
threw  her  down  :  and  some  of  her  blood  was  sprinkled  on  the  wall,  and  on  the  horses : 
and  he  trod  her  under  foot.  And  when  he  was  come  in,  he  did  eat  and  drink,  and  said, 
Go,  see  now  this  cursed  woman,  and  bury  her :  for  she  is  a  king's  daughter.  And  they 
went  to  bury  her :  but  they  found  no  more  of  her  than  the  scull,  and  the  feet,  and  the 
palms  of  her  hands.  Wherefore  they  came  again,  and  told  him.  And  he  said.  This  is 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  his  servant  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  saying,  In  the 
portion  of  Jezreel  shall  dogs  eat  the  flesh  of  Jezebel :  and  the  carcass  of  Jezebel  shall  be 
as  dung  upon  the  face  of  the  field  in  the  portion  of  Jezreel ;  so  that  they  shall  not  say, 
This  is  Jezebel. — 2  Kings  ix,  jo-jy. 


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ESTHER   CONFOUNDING    HAMAN. 


So  the   kin^  and   Haman   came   to   banquet   with    Esther -the   queen. 

And  the  king  said  again  unto  Esther  on  the  second  day  at  the  banquet  of  wine, 
What  is  thy  petition,  queen  Esther?  and  it  shall  be  granted  thee:  and  what  is  thy 
request  ?   and   it  shall  be   performed,  even   to  the  half  of  the  kingdom. 

Then  Esther  the  queen  answered  and  said.  If  I  have  found  favor  in  thy  sight,  O 
king,  and  if  it  please  the  king,  let  my  life  be  given  me  at  my  petition,  and  my  people 
at  my  request :  for  we  are  sold,  I  and  my  people,  to  be  destroyed,  to  be  slain,  and  to 
perish.  But  if  we  had  been  sold  for  bondmen  and  bondwomen,  I  had  held  my  tongue, 
although  the  enemy  could  not  countervail  the  king's  damage. 

Then  the  king  Ahasuerus  answered  and  said  unto  Esther  the  queen.  Who  is  he,  and 
where  is  he,  that  durst  presume  in  his  heart  to  do  so  ? 

And   Esther  said.  The  adversary  and  enemy  is  this  wicked  Haman. 

Then  Haman  was  afraid  before  the  king  and  the  queen.  And  the  king  arising  from 
the  banquet  of  wine  in  his  wrath  went  into  the  palace  garden  :  and  Haman  stood  up  to 
make  request  for  his  life  to  Esther  the  queen  ;  for  he  saw  that  there  was  evil  determined 
against  him  by  the  king. 

Then  the  king  returned  out  of  the  palace  garden  into  the  place  of  the  banquet  of 
wine;  and  Haman  was  fallen  upon  the  bed  whereon  Esther  was.  Then  said  the  king, 
Will  he  force  the  queen  also   before  me   in   the   house  ? 

As  the  word  went  out  of  the  king's  mouth,  they  covered  Haman's  face.  And  Har- 
bonah,  one  of  the  chamberlains,  said  before  the  king.  Behold  also,  the  gallows  fifty  cubits 
high,  which  Haman  had  made  for  Mordecai,  who  had  spoken  good  for  the  king,  standeth 
in  the  house   of   Haman.     Then  the   king  said,   Hang  him  thereon. 

So  they  hanged  Haman  on  the  gallows  that  he  had  prepared  for  Mordecai.  Then 
was  the  king's  wrath  pacified. — Esther  vii. 


43 


ISAIAH. 


Isaiah  (in  Hebrew,  Yeshayahu,  "  Salvation  of  God "),  the  earhest  and  most  sublime  of 
the  four  greater  Hebrew  prophets,  was  the  son  of  Amoz  (2  Kings  xix,  2-20 ;  Isaiah 
xxxvii,  2),  and  he  uttered  his  oracles  during  the  reigns  of  Uzziah,  Jotham,  Ahaz,  and 
Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah.  The  dates  of  his  birth  and  death  are  unknown,  but  he  lived 
from  about  760  B.  C.  to  about  700  B.  C.  He  was  married  and  had  three  sons — the 
children  referred    to  in    Isaiah   viii,  18;  and  he  appears  to   have   resided    near  Jerusalem. 

But  by  most  competent  critics  it  is  now  held  that  the  last  twenty-seven  chapters 
(40-66)  of  the  book  bearing  his  name  were  the  work,  not  of  the  prophet,  but  of  a  later 
writer  who  is  commonly  styled  the  second  or  Deutero-Isaiah.  In  this  portion  of  the 
book,  Cyrus,  who  was  not  born  till  after  600  B.  C,  is  mentioned  by  name  (Isaiah,  xliv, 
28:  xlv,  i);  and  events  which  did  not  take  place  till  a  century  after  the  prophet's  death 
are  referred  to  as  happening  contemporaneously  with  the  writer's  account  of  them.  The- 
style  of  these  last  twenty-seven  chapters,  also,  is  different,  and  the  tone  is  more  elevated 
and  spiritual. 

Dore's  ideal  portrait  is  more  suited  to  the  second  or  pseudo-Isaiah,  than  to  the  real 
one. 


DESTRUCTION    OF   SENNACHERIB'S    HOST. 


Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the  king  of  Assyria,  He  shall  not  come  into 
this  city,  nor  shoot  an  arrow  there,  nor  come  before  it  with  shield,  nor  cast  a  bank  against 
it.  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the  same  shall  he  return,  and  shall  not  come  into  this  city^ 
saith  the  Lord.  For  I  will  defend  this  city,  to  save  it,  for  mine  own  sake,  and  for  my 
servant  David's  sake. 

And  it  came  to  pass  that  night  that  the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  out,  and  smote  in 
the  camp  of  the  Assyrians  an  hundred  fourscore  and  five  thousand :  and  when  they  arose 
early   in  the  morning,  behold,  they  were  all  dead  corpses. 

So  Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria  departed,  and  went  and  returned,  and  dwelt  at 
Nineveh.  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was  worshipping  in  the  house  of  Nisroch  his  god, 
that  Adrammelech  and  Sharezer  his  sons  smote  him  with  the  sword  :  and  they  escaped  into 
the  land  of  Armenia.     And  Esar-haddon  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. — 2  Kings  xzx,  32-jy, 


BARUCH. 


And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth  year  of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah,  that 
this  word  came  unto  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  saying,  Take  thee  a  roll  of  a  book,  and  write 
therein  all  the  words  that  I  have  spoken  unto  thee  against  Israel,  and  against  Judah,  and 
against  all  the  nations,  from  the  day  I  spake  unto  thee,  from  the  days  of  Josiah,  even  unto 
this  day.  It  may  be  that  the  house  of  Judah  will  hear  all  the  evil  which  I  purpose  to  do  unto 
them  ;  that  they  may  return  every  man  from  his  evil  way  ;  that  I  may  forgive  their  iniquity 
and  their  sin. 

Then  Jeremiah  called  Baruch  the  son  of  Neriah  :  and  Baruch  wrote  from  the  mouth  of 
Jeremiah  all  the  words  of  the  Lord,  which  he  had  spoken  unto  him,  upon  a  roll  of  a  book. — 
Jeremiah  xxxvi,  1-4. 

The  word  that  Jeremiah  the  prophet  spake  unto  Baruch  the  son  of  Neriah,  when  he  had 
written  these  words  in  a  book  at  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah,  in  the  fourth  year  of  Jehoiakim  the 
son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  unto  thee,  O 
Baruch  ;  thou  didst  say,  Woe  is  me  now  !  for  the  Lord  hath  added  grief  to  my  sorrow  ;  I 
fainted  in  my  sighing,  and  I  find  no  rest. 

Thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  him,  The  Lord  saith  thus  ;  Behold,  that  which  I  have  built 
will  I  break  down,  and  that  which  I  have  planted  I  will  pluck  up,  even  this  whole  land.  And 
seekest  thou  great  things  for  thyself?  seek  them  not:  for,  behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  all 
flesh,  saith  the  Lord  :  hwx.  thy  life  will  1  give  unto  thee  for  a  prey  in  all  places  whither  thou 
goest. — Jeremiah  xlv,  /-j. 


46 


EZEKIEL   PROPHESYING. 


Ezekiel,  the  third  of  the  great  Hebrew  prophets,  was  the  son  of  the  priest  Buzi 
(Ezelviel  i,  3).  He  was  probably  born  about  620  or  630  years  before  Christ,  and  was 
consequently  a  co'^'-emporary  of  Jeremiah  and  Daniel,  to  the  latter  of  whom  he  alludes 
in  chapters  xiv,  14-20  and  xxviii,  3.  When  Jerusalem  was  taken  by  Nebuchadnezzar  in 
597  B.  C.  (>  Kings  xxiv,  8-16;  Jeremiah  xxix,  1-2;  Ezekiel  xvii,  12;  xix,  9),  Ezekiel 
was  carried  captive  along  with  Jehoiachin,  or  Jeconiah,  king  of  Judah,  and  thousands  of 
other  Jewish  prisoners,  to  Babylonia,  or  as  he  himself  calls  it,  "the  land  of  the  Chaldeans." 
(Ezekiel  i,  3)  Here,  along  with  his  exiled  fellow-countrymen,  he  lived  on  the  banks  of 
the  river  Chebar  (Ezekiel  i,  1-3),  in  a  house  of  his  own  (viii,  i).  Here  also  he  married, 
and  here,  too.  his  wife,  "the  desire  of  his  eyes,"  was  taken  from  him  "with  a  stroke" 
(Ezekiel  xxiv,  15-18).  His  prophetic  career  extended  over  twenty-two  years,  from  about 
5Q2  B.  C.  to  about  570  B.  C. 

The  book  bearing  his  name  is  written  in  a  mystical  and  symbolical  style,  and  abounds 
with  visions  and  difficult  allegories  which  indicate  on  the  part  of  the  author  the  possession 
of  a  vivid  and  sublime  imagination.  Ezekiel's  authorship  of  it  has  been  questioned.  The 
Talmud  attributes  it  to  the  Great  Synagogue,  of  which  Ezekiel  was  not  a  member.  It 
is  divisible  into  two  portions.  The  first  (chapters  i-xxiv)  was  written  before,  and  the 
second  (chapters  xxv-xlviii)  after,  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem  by  Nebuchadnezzar  in  586 
B.  C,  the  eleventh  year  of  the  prophet's  captivity  (Ezekiel  xxvi,  1-2;  xl,  i).  The  present 
text  is  very  imperfect,  being  corrupted  by  the  interpolation  of  glosses  and  other  additions 
by  later  hands. 

Dore's  picture  represents  the  prophet  uttering  his  oracles  to  his  fellow-exiles  ("them 
of  the  captivity "),  or  to  the  "elders  of  Judah,"  or  "elders  of  Israel,"  on  .one  of  the 
occasions  to   which   he  himself  alludes   (viii,    i;  xi,    25;  xiv,    i;  xx,    i). 


47 


THE    VISION    OF    EZEKIEL. 


The  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon  me,  and  carried  me  out  in  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord, 
and  set  me  down  in  the  midst  of  the  valley  which  was  full  of  bones,  and  caused  me  to 
pass  by  them  round  about :  and,  behold,  there  were  very  many  in  the  open  valley ;  and, 
lo,  they  were  very  dry. 

And  he   said   unto   me,   Son  of  man,  can  these  bones  live? 

And  I  answered,  O   Lord  God,  thou  knowest. 

Again  he  said  unto  me,  Prophesy  upon  these  bones,  and  say  unto  them,  O  ye  dry 
bones,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto  these  bones  ;  Behold, 
I  will  cause  breath  to  enter  into  you,  and  ye  shall  live  :  And  I  will  lay  sinews  upon  you, 
and  will  bring  up  flesh  upon  you,  and  cover  you  with  skin,  and  put  breath  in  you,  and  ye 
shall  live ;    and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

So  I  prophesied  as  I  was  commanded :  and  as  I  prophesied,  there  was  a  noise,  and 
behold  a  shaking,  and  the  bones  came  together,  bone  to  his  bone.  And  when  I  beheld,  lo, 
the  sinews  and  the  flesh  came  up  upon  them,  and  the  skin  covered  them  above  :  but  there 
was  no  breath  in  them. 

Then  said  he  unto  me.  Prophesy  unto  the  wind,  prophesy,  son  of  man,  and  say  to  the 
wind,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God ;  Come  from  the  four  winds,  O  breath,  and  breathe  upon 
these  slain,  that  they  may  live. 

So  I  prophesied  as  he  commanded  me,  and  the  breath  came  into  them,  and  they  lived, 
and  stood  up  upon  their  feet,  an  exceeding  great  army. 

Then  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  these  bones  are  the  whole  house  of  Israel :  behold, 
they  say.  Our  bones  are  dried,  and  our  hope  is  lost :  we  are  cut  off  for  our  parts.  Therefore 
prophesy  and  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  O  my  i,eople,  I  will  open 
your  graves,  and  cause  you  to  come  up  out  of  your  graves,  and  bring  you  into  the  land  of 
Israel.  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  opened  your  graves,  O  my 
people,  and  brought  you  up  out  of  your  graves,  and  shall  put  my  Spirit  in  you,  and  ye  shall 
live,  and  I  shall  place  you  in  your  own  land  :  then  shall  ye  know  that  I  the  Lord  have  spoken 
it,  and  performed  it,  saith  the  Lord. — Ezekiel  xxxvii,  i-i^. 


48 


DANIEL. 


Respecting  the  parentage  or  family  of  Daniel,  the  fourth  of  the  great  Hebrew  prophets^ 
nothing  is  known,  though  he  appears  to  have  been  of  noble  if  not  of  royal  descent  (Daniel 
i,  3).  When,  in  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Jehoiakim  (607,  606,  605,  or  604  B.  C), 
Jerusalem  was  first  taken  by  Nebuchadnezzar,  Daniel,  then  a  youth,  was  among  the  captives 
carried  to  Babylon.  By  the  king's  orders,  he,  with  others  of  the  Jewish  youth,  was  educated 
for  three  years  (Daniel  i,  3-7).  At  this  time  Daniel  acquired  the  power  of  interpreting  dreams 
(i,  17),  which  he  used  with  such  advantage  in  expounding  a  dream  of  Nebuchadnezzar,  that  he 
was  made  ruler  over  the  whole  province  of  Babylon  (Daniel  ii,  46-48)..  Daniel's  interpretation 
of  Belshazzar's  famous  vision  having  been  fulfilled  by  the  capture  of  Babylon  by  Darius,  that 
conqueror  promoted  Daniel  to  the  highest  office  in  the  kingdom  (Daniel  vi,  1-3).  The 
prophet  also  prospered  greatly  during  the  reign  of  Cyrus  (Daniel  vi,  28). 

The  book  of  Daniel  is  written  partly  in  Chaldaic  or  Syriac  (the  vernacular  Aramaic 
language  spoken  by  the  people  of  Palestine),  and  partly  in  sacred  Hebrew.  It  is  manifestly 
divisible  into  two  portions.  The  first  (chapters  i-vi)  narrating  the  details  of  the  prophet's  life, 
and  the  second  (chapters  vii-xii)  setting  forth  his  apocalyptic  visions.  Much  doubt  has  been 
cast  upon  the  authenticity  of  the  work.  The  evident  reference  in  the  eleventh  chapter  to  the 
conquest  of  Persia  by  Alexander  the  Great,  which  took  place  about  330  B.  C,  or  more  than 
two  hundred  years  after  Daniel  flourished,  has  led  many  modern  critics  to  believe  that  the 
work  was  composed  in  the  time  of  the  Maccabees. 

Dore's  picture  appears  to  be  intended  to  represent  the  prophet  meditating  over  one  of  the 
many  visions  which  came  to  him. 


fi 


THE    FIERY  FURNACE. 


Wherefore  at  that  time  certain  Chaldeans  came  near,  and  accused  the  Jews.  They  spake  and  said  to 
the  king  Nebuchadnezzar,  O  king,  live  forever.  There  are  certain  Jews  whom  thou  hast  set  over  the  affairs 
of  the  province  of  Babylon,  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego  ;  these  men,  O  king,  have  not  regarded 
thee :  they  serve  not  thy  gods,  nor  worship  the  golden  image  which  thou  hast  set  up. 

Then  Nebuchadnezzar  in  his  rage  and  fury  commanded  to  bring  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego. 
Then  they  brought  these  men  before  the  king. 

Nebuchadnezzar  spake  and  said  unto  them,  Is  it  true,  O  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego?  do  not 
ye  serve  my  gods,  nor  worship  the  golden  image  which  I  have  set  up?  Now  if  ye  be  ready  that  at  what 
time  ye  hear  the  sound  of  the  cornet,  flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and  dulcimer,  and  all  kinds  of  music, 
ye  fall  down  and  worship  the  image  which  I  have  made ;  well :  but  if  ye  worship  not,  ye  shall  be  cast  the 
same  hour  into  the  midst  of  a  burning  fiery  furnace;  and  who  is  that  God  that  shall  deliver  you  out  of 
my  hands? 

Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego.  answered  and  said  to  the  king,  O  Nebuchadnezzar,  we  are  not 
careful  to  answer  thee  in  this  matter.  If  it  be  so,  our  God  whom  we  serve  is  able  to  deliver  us  from  the 
burning  fiery  furnace,  and  he  will  deliver  us  out  of  thine  hand,  O  king.  But  if  not,  be  it  known  unto  thee, 
O  king,  that  we  will  not  serve  thy  gods,  nor  worship  the  golden  image  which  thou  hast  set  up. 

Then  was  Neouchadnezzar  full  of  fury,  and  the  form  of  his  visage  was  changed  against  Shadrach, 
Meshach,  and  Abed-nego :  therefore  he  spake,  and  commanded  that  they  should  heat  the  furnace  one 
seven  times  more  tha  i  it  was  wont  to  be  heated.  And  he  commanded  the  most  mighty  men  that  were  in 
his  army  to  bind  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  and  to  cast  them  into  the  burning  fiery  furnace. 

Then  these  men  were  bound  in  their  coats,  their  hosen,  and  their  hats,  and  their  other  garments,  and 
were  cast  into  the  midst  of  the  burning  fiery  furnace.  Therefore  because  the  king's  commandment  was 
urgent,  and  the  furnace  exceeding  hot,  the  flame  of  the  fire  slew  those  men  that  took  up  Shadrach, 
Meshach,  and  Abed-nego.  And  these  three  men,  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego  fell  down  bound  into 
the  midst  of  the  burning  fiery  furnace. 

Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  was  astonished,  and  rose  up  in  haste,  and  spake,  and  said  unto  his 
counselors,  Did  not  we  cast  three  men  bound  into  the  midst  of  the  fire? 

They  answered,  and  said  unto  the  king,  True,  O  king. 

He  answered  and  said,  Lo,  I  see  four  men  loose,  walking  in  the  midst  of  the  fire,  and  they  have  no 
hurt ;  and  the  form  of  the  fourth  is  like  the  Son  of  God. 

Then  Nebuchadnezzar  came  near  to  the  mouth  of  the  burning  fiery  furnace,  and  spake,  and  said, 
Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  ye  servants  of  the  most  high  God,  come  forth  and  come  hither.  Then 
Shadrach,  Meshach,  aud  Abed-nego,  came  forth  of  the  midst  of  the  fire.  And  the  princes,  governors,  and 
captains,  and  the  king's  counselors,  being  gathered  together,  saw  these  men,  upon  whose  bodies  the  fire  had 
no  power,  nor  was  a  hair  of  their  head  singed,  neither  were  their  coats  changed,  nor  the  smell  of  fire  had 
passed  on  them. — Daniel  in,  8,  p,  i2-2y. 


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BELSHAZZAR'S  FEAST. 


Belshazzar  the  king  made  a  great  feast  to  a  thousand  of  his  lords,  and  drank  wine  before  the  thousand. 
Belshazzar,  whiles  he  tasted  the  wine,  commanded  to  bring  the  golden  and  silver  vessels  which  his  father 
Nebuchadnezzar  had  taken  out  of  the  temple  which  was  in  Jerusalem ;  that  the  king,  and  his  princes,  his 
wives,  and  his  concubines,  might  drink  therein.  Then  they  brought  the  golden  vessels  that  were  taken 
out  of  the  temple  of  the  house  of  God  which  was  at  Jerusalem ;  and  the  king,  and  his  princes,  his  wives, 
and  his  concubines,  drank  in  them.  They  drank  wine  and  praised  the  gods  of  gold,  and  of  silver,  of  brass, 
of  iron,  of  wood,  and  of  stone. 

In  the  same  hour  came  forth  fingers  of  a  man's  hand,  and  wrote  over  against  the  candlestick  upon  the 
plaister  of  the  wall  of  the  king's  palace :  and  the  king  saw  the  part  of  the  hand  that  wrote.  Then  the  king's 
countenance  was  changed,  and  his  thoughts  troubled  him,  so  that  the  joints  of  his  loins  were  loosed,  and  his 
knees  smote  one  against  another, 

[On  the  failure  of  his  astrologers  and  soothsayers  to  interpret  the  writing,  the  king,  at  the  suggestion  of 
his  queen,  sends  for  Daniel,  who  interprets  it  as  follows:] 

O  thou  king,  the  most  high  God  gave  Nebuchadnezzar  thy  father  a  kingdom,  and  majesty,  and  glory, 
and  honor :  and  for  the  majesty  that  he  gave  him,  all  peoples,  nations,  and  languages,  trembled  and  feared 
before  him :  whom  he  would  he  slew ;  and  whom  he  would  he  kept  alive ;  and  whom  he  would  he  set  up ; 
and  whom  he  would  he  put  down.  But  when  his  heart  was  lifted  up,  and  his  mind  hardened  in  pride,  he 
was  deposed  from  his  kingly  throne,  and  they  took  his  glory  from  him  :  and  he  was  driven  from  the  sons  of 
men ;  and  his  heart  was  made  like  the  beasts,  and  his  dwelling  was  with  the  wild  asses:  they  fed  him  with 
grass  like  oxen,  and  his  body  was  wet  with  the  dew  of  heaven ;  till  he  knew  that  the  most  high  God  ruled  in 
the  kingdom  of  men,  and  that  he  appointeth  over  it  whomsoever  he  will. 

And  thou  his  son,  O  Belshazzar,  hast  not  humbled  thine  heart,  though  thou  knewest  all  this;  but  hast 
lifted  up  thyself  against  the  Lord  of  heaven ;  and  they  have  brought  the  vessels  of  his  house  before  thee, 
and  thou,  and  thy  lords,  thy  wives,  and  thy  concubines,  have  drunk  wine  in  them  ;  and  thou  hast  praised 
the  gods  of  silver,  and  gold,  of  brass,  iron,  wood,  and  stone,  which  see  not,  nor  hear,  nor  know:  and  the 
God  in  whose  hand  thy  breath  is,  and  whose  are  all  thy  ways,  hast  thou  not  glorified : 

Then  was  the  part  of  the  hand  sent  from  him  ;  and  this  writing  was  written. 

And  this  is  the  writing  that  was  written,  MENE,  MENE,  TEKEL,  UPHARSIN.  This  is  the 
interpretation  of  the  thing:  MENE;  God  hath  numbered  thy  kingdom  and  finished  it.  TEKEL;  Thou 
art  weighed  in  the  balances,  and  art  found  wanting.  PERES ;  Thy  kingdom  is  divided,  and  given  to  the 
Medes  and  Persians. 

In  that  night  was  Belshazzar  the  king  of  the  Chaldeans  slain.  And  Darius  the  Median  took  the 
kingdom. — Daniel  v. 


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!^)T^^i^V^^>^^o.| 


•  «  •  «       •• 


DANIEL    IN    THE    LIONS'    DEN. 


Now  when  Daniel  knew  that  the  writing  was  signed,  he  went  into  his  house  ;  and 
his  windows  being  open  in  his  chamber  toward  Jerusalem,  he  kneeled  upon  his  knees 
three  times  a  day,   and  prayed,  and  gave  thanks  before  his  God,  as  he  did  aforetime. 

Then  these  men  assembled,  and  found  Daniel  praying  and  making  supplication  before 
his  God.  Then  they  came  near,  and  spake  before  the  king  concerning  the  king's  decree  ; 
Hast  thou  not  signed  a  decree,  that  every  man  that  shall  ask  a  petition  of  any  God  or 
man  within   thirty  days,  save  of  thee,   O  king,  shall  be  cast   into   the   den  of  lions. 

The  king  answered  and  said,  The  thing  is  true,  according  to  the  law  of  the  Medes  and 
Persians,  which  altereth  not. 

Then  answered  they  and  said  before  the  king,  That  Daniel,  which  is  of  the  children 
of  the  captivity  of  Judah,  regardeth  not  thee,  O  king,  nor  the  decree  that  thou  hast  signed, 
but  maketh  his  petition  three  times  a  day. 

Then  the  king,  when  he  heard  these  words,  was  sore  displeased  with  himself,  and  set 
his  heart  on  Daniel  to  deliver  him  :  and  he  laboured  till  the  going  down  of  the  sun  to 
deliver  him. 

Then  these  men  assembled  unto  the  king,  and  said  unto  the  king.  Know,  O  king,  that 
the  law  of  the  Medes  and  Persians  is.  That  no  decree  nor  statute  which  the  king  estab- 
lisheth  may  be  changed.  Then  the  king  commanded,  and  they  brought  Daniel  and  cast 
him  into  the  den  of  lions.  Now  the  king  spake  and  said  unto  Daniel,  Thy  God  whom 
thou  servest  continually,  he  will  deliver  thee.  And  a  stone  was  brought,  and  laid  upon 
the  mouth  of  the  den  ;  and  the  king  sealed  it  with  his  own  signet,  and  with  the  signet  of 
his  lords ;  that  the  purpose  might  not  be  changed  concerning    Daniel. 

Then  the  king  went  to  his  palace,  and  passed  the  night  fasting :  neither  were  instru- 
ments of  musick  brought  before  him  :  and  his  sleep  went  from  him.  Then  the  king  arose 
very  early  in  the  morning,  and  went  in  haste  unto  the  den  of  lions.  And  when  he  came 
to  the  den,  he  cried  with  a  lamentable  voice  unto  Daniel :  and  the  king  spake  and  said 
to  Daniel,  O  Daniel,  servant  of  the  living  God,  is  thy  God,  whom  thou  servest  continually, 
able  to  deliver  thee  from  the  lions  ? 

Then  said  Daniel  unto  the  King,  O  king,  live  forever.  My  God  hath  sent  his  angel, 
and  hath  shut  the  lions'  mouths,  that  they  have  not  hurt  me  :  forasmuch  as  before  him 
innocency  was  found  in  me  ;  and  also  before  thee,   O  king,  have  I    done  no  hurt. 

Then  was  the  king  exceeding  glad  for  him,  and  commanded  that  they  should  take 
Daniel  up  out  of  the  den.  So  Daniel  was  taken  up  out  of  the  den,  and  no  manner  of 
hurt  was  found  upon  him,  because  he  believed  in  his  God.  And  the  king  commanded,  and 
they  brought  those  men  which  had  accused  •  Daniel,  and  they  cast  them  into  the  den  of 
lions,  them,  their  children,  and  their  wives  ;  and  the  lions  had  the  mastery  of  them,  and 
brake  all  their  bones  in  pieces  or  ever  they  came  at  the  bottom   of    the   den. — Daniel  vt, 

10-2^. 


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THE    PROPHET   AMOS. 


Amos,  one  of  the  earliest  of  the  Hebrew  prophets,  flourished  during  the  reign  of  Uzziah, 
about  790  B.  C,  and  was  consequently  a  contemporary  of  Hosea  and  Joel.  In  his  youth  he 
lived  at  Tekoa,  about  six  miles  south  of  Bethlehem,  in  Judaea,  and  was  a  herdsman  and  a 
gatherer  of  sycamore  fruit  (Amos  i,  i  ;  vii,  14).  This  occupation  he  gave  up  for  that  of 
prophet  (vii,  15),  and  he  came  forward  to  denounce  the  idolatry  then  prevalent  in  Judah, 
Israel,  and  the  surrounding  kingdoms. 

The  first  six  chapters  of  his  book  contain  his  denunciations  of  idolatry ;  the  other  three, 
his  symbolical  vision  of  the  overthrow  of  the  people  of  Israel,  and  a  promise  of  their  restoration. 
The  style  is  remarkable  for  clearness  and  strength,  and  for  its  picturesque  use  of  images  drawn 
from  the  rural  and  pastoral  life  which  the  prophet  had  led  in  his  youth. 


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JONAH  CALLING  NINEVEH  TO  REPENTANCE. 


And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Jonah  the  second  time,  saying,  Arise,  go  unto 
Nineveh,  that  great  city,  and  preach  unto  it  the  preaching  that   I   bid  thee. 

So  Jonah  arose,  and  went  unto  Nineveh,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord.  Now 
Nineveh  was  an  exceeding  great  city  of  three  days'  journey.  And  Jonah  began  to  enter 
into  the  city  a  day's  journey,  and  he  cried,  and  said,  Yet  forty  days,  and  Nineveh  shall  be 
overthrown. 

So  the  people  of  Nineveh  believed  God,  and  proclaimed  a  fast,  and  put  on  sackcloth, 
from  the  greatest  of  them  even  to  the  least  of  them.  For  word  came  unto  the  king  of 
Nineveh,  and  he  arose  from  his  throne,  and  he  laid  his  robe  from  him,  and  covered  him 
with  sackcloth,  and  sat  in  ashes.  And  he  caused  it  to  be  proclaimed  and  published 
through  Nineveh  by  the  decree  of  the  king  and  his  nobles,  saying,  Let  neither  man  nor 
beast,  herd  nor  flock  taste  anything :  let  them  not  feed,  nor  drink  water :  but  let  man 
and  beast  be  covered  with  sackcloth,  and  cry  mightily  unto  God  :  yea,  let  them  turn  every 
one  from  his  evil  way,  and  from  the  violence  that  is  in  their  hands.  Who  can  tell  if 
God  will  turn  and  repent,   and  turn  away  from   his  fierce  anger,  that  we  perish  not? 

And  God  saw  their  works,  that  they  turned  from  their  evil  way ;  and  God  repented 
of  the  evil,  that  he  had  said  that  he  would  do  unto  them ;  and  he  did  it  not.— Jonah  in. 


54 


DANIEL   CONFOUNDING   THE    PRIESTS   OF    BEL. 


Now  the  Babylonians  had  an  idol  called  Bel :  and  there  were  spent  upon  him  every  day 
twelve  great  measures  of  fine  flour,  and  forty  sheep,  and  sixty  vessels  of  wine.  The  king  also 
worshipped  him,  and  went  every  day  to  adore  him :  but  Daniel  adored  his  God.  And  the  king 
said  unto  him  :  Why  dost  thou  not  adore  Bel  ?  And  he  answered,  and  said  to  him :  Because 
I  do  not  worship  idols  made  with  hands,  but  the  living  God,  that  created  heaven  and  earth,  and 
hath  power  over  all  flesh.  And  the  king  said  to  him :  Doth  not  Bel  seem  to  thee  to  be  a  living 
God?  Seest  thou  not  how  much  he  eateth  and  drinketh  every  day?  Then  Daniel  smiled  and 
said :  O  king,  be  not  deceived  :  for  this  is  but  clay  within,  and  brass  without,  neither  hath  he 
eaten  at  any  time. 

And  the  king  being  angry  called  for  his  priests,  and  said  to  them  :  If  you  tell  me  not,  who 
it  is  that  eateth  up  these  expenses,  you  shall  die.  But  if  you  can  show  that  Bel  eateth  these 
things,  Daniel  shall  die,  because  he  hath  blasphemed  against  Bel. 

And  Daniel  said  to  the  king :   Be  it  done  according  to  thy  word. 

Now  the  priests  of  Bel  were  seventy  besides  their  wives  and  little  ones  and  children.  And 
they  went  with  Daniel  into  the  temple  of  Bel.  And  the  priests  of  Bel  said :  Behold,  we  go 
out:  and  do  thou,  O  king,  set  on  the  meats,  and  make  ready,  the  wine,  and  shut  the  door  fast, 
and  seal  it  with  thy  own  ring :  and  when  thou  comest  in  the  morning,  if  thou  findest  not  that 
Bel  hath  eaten  all  up,  we  will  suffer  death,  or  else  Daniel  that  hath  lied  against  us. 

And  they  little  regarded  it,  because  they  had  made  under  the  table  a  secret  entrance,  and 
they  always  came  in  by  it,  and  consumed  those  things. 

So  it  came  to  pass  after  they  were  gone  out,  the  king  set  the  meats  before  Bel :  and  Daniel 
commanded  his  servants,  and  they  brought  ashes,  and  he  sifted  them  all  over  the  temple  before 
•the  king :  and  going  forth  they  shut  the  door,  and  having  sealed  it  with  the  king's  ring,  they 
departed. 

But  the  priests  went  in  by  night,  according  to  their  custom,  with  their  wives  and  their 
children  :  and  they  eat  and  drank  all  up. 

And  the  king  rose  early  in  the  morning,  and  Daniel  with  him.  And  the  king  said :  Are 
the  seals  whole,  Daniel  ?  and  he  answered :  They  are  whole,  O  king.  And  as  soon  as  he  had 
opened  the  door,  the  king  looked  upon  the  table,  and  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice  :  Great  art 
thou,  O  Bel,  and  there  is  not  any  deceit  with  thee.  And  Daniel  laughed :  and  he  held  the  king 
that  he  should  not  go  in  :  and  he  said  :  Behold  the  pavement,  mark  whose  footsteps  these  are. 
And  the  king  said  :  I  see  the  footsteps  of  men,  and  women,  and  children.  And  the  king  was 
angry.  Then  he  took  the  priests,  and  their  wives,  and  their  children :  and  they  showed  him 
the  private  doors  by  which  they  came  in,  and  consumed  the  things  that  were  on  the  table. 

The  king  therefore  put  them  to  death,  and  delivered  Bel  into  the  power  of  Daniel :  who 
destroyed  him,  and  his  temple. — Daniel  xiv,  1—21  {Douay  Version). 


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HELIODORUS    PUNISHED    IN    THE    TEMPLE. 


But  Heliodorus  executed  that  which  he  had  resolved  on,  himself  being  present  in  the 
same  place  with  his  guard  about  the  treasury. 

But  the  spirit  of  the  Almighty  God  gave  a  great  evidence  of  his  presence,  so  that  all  that 
had  presumed  to  obey  him,  falling  down  by  the  power  of  God,  were  struck  with  fainting  and 
dread.  For  there  appeared  to  them  a  horse  with  a  terrible  rider  upon  him,  adorned  with  a 
very  rich  covering  :  and  he  ran  fiercely  and  struck  Heliodorus  with  his  fore-feet,  and  he  that 
sat  upon  him  seemed  to  have  armor  of  gold.  Moreover,  there  appeared  two  other  young  men, 
beautiful  and  strong,  bright  and  glorious,  and  in  comely  apparel :  who  stood  by  him,  on  either 
side,  and  scourged  him  without  ceasing  with  many  stripes. 

And  Heliodorus  suddenly  fell  to  the  ground,  and  they  took  him  up  covered  with  great 
darkness,  and  having  put  him  into  a  litter  they  carried  him  out.  So  he  that  came  with  many 
servants,  and  all  his  guard  into  the  aforesaid  treasury,  was  carried  out,  no  one  being  able  to 
help  him,  the  manifest  power  of  God  being  known.  And  he  indeed  by  the  power  of  God  lay 
speechless,  and  without  all  hope  of  recovery. — 2  Maccabees  Hi,  2j-2g. 


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THE    NATIVITY. 


And  It  came  to  pass  In  those  days,  that  there  went  out  a  decree  from  Caesar  Augustus, 
that  all  the  world  should  be  taxed.  (And  this  taxing  was  first  made  when  Cyrenlus  was  gov- 
ernor of  Syria.)     And  all  went  to  be  taxed,  every  one  Into  his  own  city. 

And  Joseph  also  went  up  from  Galilee,  out  of  the  city  of  Nazareth,  into  Judaea,  unto  the 
city  of  David,  which  Is  called  Bethlehem ;  (because  he  was  of  the  house  and  lineage  of  David :) 
to  be  taxed  with  Mary,  his  espoused  wife,  being  great  with  child.  And  so  it  was,  that,  while 
they  were  there,  the  days  were  accomplished  that  she  should  be  delivered.  And  she  brought 
forth  her  firstborn  son,  and  wrapped  him  in  swaddling  clothes,  and  laid  him  in  a  manger ; 
because  there  was  no  room  for  them  In  the  inn. 

And  there  were  in  the  same  country  shepherds  abiding  in  the  field,  keeping  watch  over 
their  flock  by  night.  And,  lo,  the  angel  of  the  Lord  came  upon  them,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
shone  round  about  them:  and  they  were  sore  afraid.  And  the  angel  said  unto  them.  Fear  not: 
for,  behold,  I  bring  you  good  tidings  of  great  joy,  which  shall  be  to  all  people.  For  unto  you 
is  born  this  day  In  the  city  of  David  a  Saviour,  which  Is  Christ  the  Lord.  And  this  shall  be  a 
sign  unto  you  ;  Ye  shall  find  the  babe  wrapped  in  swaddling  clothes,  lying  in  a  manger.  And 
suddenly  there  was  with  the  angel  a  multitude  of  the  heavenly  host  praising  God,  and  saying. 
Glory  to  God  In  the  highest,  and  on  earth  peace,  good  will  toward  men. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  angels  were  gone  away  from  them  into  heaven,  the  shepherds 
said  one  to  another.  Let  us  now  go  even  unto  Bethlehem,  and  see  this  thing  which  is  come  to 
pass,  which  the  Lord  hath  made  known  unto  us.  And  they  came  with  haste,  and  found  Mary, 
and  Joseph,  and  the  babe  lying  in  a  manger.  And  when  they  had  seen  it,  they  made  known 
abroad  the  saying  which  was  told  them  concerning  this  child.  And  all  they  that  heard  it,  won- 
dered at  those  things  which  were  told  them  by  the  shepherds.  But  Mary  kept  all  these  things, 
and  pondered  them  In  her  heart.  And  the  shepherds  returned,  glorifying  and  praising  God  for 
all  the  things  that  they  had  heard  and  seen,  as  It  was  told  unto  them. 

And  when  eight  days  were  accomplished  for  the  circumcising  of  the  child,  his  name  was 
called  Jesus,  which  was  so  named  of  the  angel  before  he  was  conceived  in  the  womb. — Luke  ii, . 

1-21. 


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1 


THE   STAR    IN    THE    EAST. 


Now  when  Jesus  was  born  in  Bethlehem  of  Judsea  in  the  days  of  Herod  the  king, 
behold,  there  came  wise  men  from  the  east  to  Jerusalem,  saying.  Where  is  he  that  is 
born  King  of  the  Jews  ?  for  we  have  seen  his  star  in  the  east,  and  are  come  to  worship 
him. 

When  Herod  the  king  had  heard  these  things,  he  was  troubled,  and  all  Jerusalem 
with  him.  And  when  he  had  gathered  all  the  chief  priests  and  scribes  of  the  people 
together,  he  demanded  of  them  where  Christ  should  be  born.  And  they  said  unto  him, 
In  Bethlehem  of  Judaea :  for  thus  it  is  written  by  the  prophet.  And  thou  Bethlehem, 
in  the  land  of  Juda,  are  not  the  least  among  the  princes  of  Juda:  for  out  of  thee 
shall    come    a    Governor,  that    shall    rule   my    people    Israel. 

Then  Herod,  when  he  had  privily  called  the  wise  men,  enquired  of  them  diligently 
what  time  the  star  appeared.  And  he  sent  them  to  Bethlehem,  and  said.  Go  and  search 
diligently  for  the  young  child ;  and  when  ye  have  found  him,  bring  me  word  again, 
that  I  may  come  and  worship  him  also.  When  they  had  heard  the  king,  they  de- 
parted ;  and,  lo,  the  star,  which  they  saw  in  the  east,  went  before  them,  till  it  came 
and  stood  over  where  the  young  child  was.  When  they  saw  the  star,  they  rejoiced 
with    exceeding   great   joy. — Matthew  ii,  i-io. 


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THE    FLIGHT    INTO    EGYPT. 


And  when  they  were  departed,  behold,  the  angel  of  the  Lord  appeareth  to  Joseph  in  a 
dream,  saying,  Arise,  and  take  the  young  child  and  his  mother,  and  flee  into  Egypt,  and  be 
thou  there  until  I  bring  thee  word  :  for  Herod  will  seek  the  young  child  to  destroy  him. 

When  he  arose,  he  took  the  young  child  and  his  mother  by  night,  and  departed  into 
Egypt :  and  was  there  until  the  death  of  Herod  :  that  it  might  be  fulfilled  which  was  spoken 
of  the  Lord  by  the  prophet,  saying.  Out  of  Egypt  have  I  called  my  son. — Matthew  it,  13-15* 


59 


THE    MASSACRE    OF   THE    INNOCENTS. 


Then  Herod,  when  he  saw  that  he  was  mocked  of  the  wise  men,  was  exceeding  wroth,  and 
sent  forth,  and  slew  all  the  children  that  were  in  Bethlehem,  and  in  all  the  coasts  thereof,  from 
two  years  old  and  under,  according  to  the  time  which  he  had  diligently  enquired  of  the  wise 
men. 

Then  was  fulfilled  that  which  was  spoken  by  Jeremy  the  prophet,  saying.  In  Rama  was 
there  a  voice  heard,  lamentation,  and  weeping,  and  great  mourning,  Rachel  weeping  for  her 
children,  and  would  not  be  comforted,  because  they  are  not. — Matthew  it,  16-18. 


60 


JESUS   QUESTIONING   THE    DOCTORS. 


Now  his   parents  went   to  Jerusalem    6very  year   at    the    feast    of   the    passover. 

And  when  he  was  twelve  years  old,  they  went  up  to  Jerusalem  after  the  custom 
of  the  feast.  And  when  they  had  fulfilled  the  days,  as  they  returned,  the  child  Jesus 
tarried  behind  in  Jerusalem;  and  Joseph  and  his  mother  knew  not  of  it.  But  they, 
supposing  him  to  have  been  in  the  company,  went  a  day's  journey ;  and  they  sought 
him  among  their  kinsfolk  and  acquaintance.  And  when  they  found  him  not,  they 
turned   back   again    to    Jerusalem,  seeking   him. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  that  after  three  days  they  found  him  in  the  temple,  sitting 
in  the  midst  of  the  doctors,  both  hearing  them,  and  asking  them  questions.  And  all 
that    heard    him   were    astonished    at    his   understanding   and    answers. 

And  when  they  saw  him,  they  were  amazed :  and  his  mother  said  unto  him.  Son, 
why  hast  thou  thus  dealt  with  us  ?  behold,  thy  father  and  I  have  sought  thee  sor- 
rowing. And  he  said  unto  them,  How  is  it  that  ye  sought  me  ?  wist  ye  not  that  I 
must  be  about  my  father's  business?  And  they  understood  not  the  saying  which  he 
spake    unto   them. 

And  he  went  down  with  them,  and  came  to  Nazareth,  and  was  subject  unto  them  r 
but    his    mother   kept    all   these    sayings    in    her   heart. 

And  Jesus  increased  in  wisdom  and  stature,  and  in  favor  with  God  and  man. — 
Luke  n,  41-^2. 


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JESUS    HEALING   THE    SICK. 


And  Jesus  went  about  all  Galilee,  teaching  in  their  synagogues,  and  preaching  the  gospel 
of  the  kingdom,  and  healing  all  manner  of  sickness  and  all  manner  of  disease  among  the 
people.  And  his  fame  went  throughout  all  Syria :  and  they  brought  unto  him  all  sick  people 
that  were  taken  with  divers  diseases  and  torments,  and  those  which  were  possessed  with  devils, 
and  those  which  were  lunatic,  and  those  that  had  the  palsy ;  and  he  healed  them. — Matthew 
iv,  23-24. 


SERMON    ON    THE    MOUNT. 


And  there  followed  him  great  multitudes  of  people  from  Galilee,  and  from  Decapolis, 
and  from  Jerusalem,  and  from  Judaea,  and  from  beyond  Jordan. 

And  seeing  the   multitudes,  he   went   up   into   a  mountain  :  and  when    he  was  set,  his 
disciples  came  unto  him.     And  he  opened  his  mouth  and  taught  them. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  It 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus  had  ended  these  sayings,  the  people  were  astonished 
at  his  doctrine  :  For  he  taught  them  as  one  having  authority,  and  not  as  the  scribes. 

When  he  was  come  down  from  the  mountain,  great  multitudes  followed  him. — Matthew 
iv,  2j;  V,  1-2,  28-2Q;  viii,  I. 


CHRIST   STILLING  THE   TEMPEST. 


And  when  he  was  entered  into  a  ship,  his  disciples  followed  him.  And,  behold, 
there  arose  a  great  tempest  in  the  sea,  insomuch  that  the  ship  was  covered  with  the 
waves :  but  he  was  asleep.  And  his  disciples  came  to  him,  and  awoke  him,  saying, 
Lord,  save  us :  we  perish.  And  he  saith  unto  them.  Why  are  ye  fearful,  O  ye  of  little 
faith  ?  Then  he  arose,  and  rebuked  the  winds  and  the  sea ;  and  there  was  a  great 
calm.  But  the  men  marveled,  saying.  What  manner  of  man  is  this,  that  even  the  winds 
and   the   sea   obey   him  ? — Matthew  viii,  2j-2y. 


64 


THE    DUMB    MAN    POSSESSED. 


As  they  went  out,  behold,  they  brought  to  him  a  dumb  man  possessed  with  a  devil. 
And  when  the  devil  was  cast  out,  the  dumb  spake:  and  the  multitudes  marveled,  saying.  It  was 
never  so  seen  in  Israel. 

But  the  Pharisees  said,  He  casteth  out  devils  through  the  prince  of  the  devils. — Matthew 


65 


k  *      e     c  fr 


CHRIST    IN    THE    SYNAGOGUE. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Jesus  had  finished  these  parables,  he  departed  thence. 
And  when  he  was  come  into  his  own  country,  he  taught  them  in  their  synagogue,  insoinuch 
that  they  were  astonished,  and  said,  Whence  hath  this  man  this  wisdom,  and  these  mighty 
works?  Is  not  this  the  carpenter's  son?  is  not  his  mother  called  Mary?  and  his  brethren, 
James,  and  Joses,  and  Simon,  and  Judas?  And  his  sisters,  are  they  not  all  with  us?  Whence 
then  hath  this  man  all  these  things? 

And  they  were  offended  in  him.  But  Jesus  said  unto  them,  A  prophet  is  not  without 
honor,  save  in  his  own  country,  and  in  his  own  house. 

And  he  did  not  many  mighty  works  there  because  of  their  unbelief. — Matthew  xiii,  S3~5^^ 


THE  DISCIPLES  PLUCKING  CORN  ON  THE  SABBATH. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  that  he  went  through  the  corn  fields  on  the  sabbath  da}' ;  and  his 
disciples  began,    as  they  went,  to  pluck  the  ears  of  corn. 

And  the  Pharisees  said  unto  him,  Behold,  why  do  they  on  the  sabbath  day  that  which  is 
not  lawful? 

And  he  said  unto  them,  Have  ye  never  read  what  David  did,  when  he  had  need,  and  was 
an  hungered,  he,  and  they  that  were  with  him?  How  he  went  into  the  house  of  God  in  the  days 
of  Abiathar  the  high  priest,  and  did  eat  the  shewbread,  which  is  not  lawful  to  eat  but  for  the 
priest,  and  gave  also  to  them  which  were  with  him?  And  he  said  unto  them.  The  sabbath 
was  made  for  man,  and  not  man  for  the  sabbath :  Therefore  the  Son  of  man  is  Lord  also  of 
the  sabbath. — Mark  ii^  2j-28. 


JESUS   WALKING   ON    THE    WATER. 


And  when  he  had  sent  them  away,  he  departed  into  a  mountain  to  pray.  And  when 
even  was  come,  the  ship  was  in«the  midst  of  the  sea,  and  he  alone  on  the  land.  And  he 
saw  them  toiling  in  rowing ;  for  the  wind  was  contrary  unto  them  :  and  about  the  fourth 
watch  of  the  night  he  cometh  unto  them,  walking  upon  the  sea,  and  would  have  passed 
by  them.  But  when  they  saw  him  walking  upon  the  sea,  they  supposed  it  had  been  a 
spirit,  and  cried  out :  for  they  all  saw  him,  and  were  troubled.  And  immediately  he  talked 
with  them,  and  saith  unto  them.  Be  of  good  cheer :  it  is  I  ;  be  not  afraid. 

And  he  went  up  unto  them  into  the  ship  ;  and  the  wind  ceased  :  and  they  were  sore 
amazed  in  themselves  beyond  measure,  and  wondered.  For  they  considered  not  the  miracle 
of  the  loaves  ;  for  their  heart  was  hardened. — Mark  vi,  46-^2. 


68 


CHRIST'S    ENTRY    INTO   JERUSALEM. 


And  when  they  drew  nigh  unto  Jerusalem,  and  were  come  to  Bethphage,  unto  the  mount 
of  Olives,  then  sent  Jesus  two  disciples,  saying  unto  them.  Go  into  the  village  over  against 
you,  and  straightway  ye  shall  find  an  ass  tied,  and  a  colt  with  her :  loose  them,  and  bring  them 
unto  me.  And  if  any  man  say  ought  unto  you,  ye  shall  say.  The  Lord  hath  need  of  them  ;  and 
straightway  he  will  send  them. 

All  this  was  done  that  it  might  be  fulfilled  which  was  spoken  by  the  prophet,  saying.  Tell 
ye  the  daughter  of  Sion,  Behold,  thy  King  cometh  unto  thee,  meek,  and  sitting  upon  an  ass, 
and  a  colt  the  foal  of  an  ass. 

And  the  disciples  went,  and  did  as  Jesus  commanded  them,  and  brought  the  ass,  and  the 
colt,  and  put  on  them  their  clothes,  and  they  set  him  thereon. 

And  a  very  great  multitude  spread  their  garment^  in  the  way ;  others  cut  down  branches 
from  the  trees,  and  strewed  them  in  the  way.  And  the  multitudes  that  went  before,  and  that 
followed,  cried,  saying,  Hosanna  to  the  son  of  David  :  Blessed  is  he  that  cometh  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord  ;  Hosanna  in  the  highest. 

And  when  he  was  come  into  Jerusalem,  all  the  city  was  moved,  saying,  Who  is  this?  And 
the  multitude  said,  This  is  Jesus  the  prophet  of  Nazareth  of  Galilee. — Matthew  xxi,  i-ii. 


69 


JESUS   AND   THE   TRIBUTE  MONEY. 


And  they  send  unto  him  certain  of  the  Pharisees  and  of  the  Herodians,  to  catch  him 
in  his  words. 

And  when  they  were  come,  they  say  unto  him,  Master,  we  know  that  thou  art 
true,  and  carest  for  no  man :  for  thou  regardest  not  the  person  of  men  but  teachest 
the  way  of  God  in  truth :  Is  it  lawful  to  give  tribute  to  Caesar,  or  not  ?  Shall  we 
give,  or  shall  we  not  give  ? 

But  he,  knowing  their  hypocrisy,  said  unto  them,  Why  tempt  ye  me?  bring  me  a 
penny,  that  I   may  see  it.     And  they  brought  it. 

And  he  saith  unto  them.  Whose  is  this  image  and  superscription  ? 

And  they  said  unto  him,  Caesar's. 

And  Jesus  answering  said  unto  them,  Render  to  Caesar  the  things  that  are  Caesar's, 
and  to  God  the  thinsfs  that  are  God's. 

And  they  marveled  at  him. — Mark  xii,  /J-//. 


70 


THE   WIDOW'S    MITE. 


And  Jesus  sat  over  against  the  treasury,  and  beheld  how  the  people  cast  money  into 
the  treasury:  and  manyBthat  were  rich  cast  in  much. 

And  there  came  a  certain  poor  widow,  and  she  threw  in  two  mites,  which  make  a  farthing. 
And  he  called  unto  him  his  disciples,  and  saith  unto  them,  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  That 
this  poor  widow  hath  cast  more  in,  than  all  they  which  have  cast  into  the  treasury :  for  all 
they  did  cast  in  of  their  abundance  ;  but  she  of  her  want  did  cast  in  all  that  she  had, 
even  all  her  living. — Mark  xii,  41-^' 


71 


RAISING   OF   THE    DAUGHTER   OF   JAIRUS. 


And,  behold,  there  cometh  one  of  the  rulers  of  the  synagogue,  Jairus  by  name  ;  and  when 
he  saw  him,  he  fell  at  his  feet,  and  besought  him  greatly,  saying,  My  little  daughter  lieth  at 
the  point  of  death  :  I  pray  thee,  come  and  lay  thy  hands  on  her,  that  she  may  be  healed  ;  and 
she  shall  live.     And  Jesus  went  with  him  ;  and   much  people  followed  him,  and  thronged  him. 

And  a  certain  woman  which  had  an  issue  of  blood  twelve  years,  and  had  suffered  many  things 
of  many  physicians,  and  had  spent  all  that  she  had,  and  was  nothing  bettered,  but  rather  grew 
worse,  when  she  had  heard  of  Jesus,  came  in  the  press  behind,  and  touched  his  garment. 
For  she  said.  If  I  may  touch  but  his  clothes,  I  shall  be  whole.  And  straightway  the  fountain 
of  her  blood  was  dried  up  ;  and  she  felt  in  her  body  that  she  was  healed  of  that  plague.  And 
Jesus,  immediately  knowing  in  himself  that  virtue  had  gone  out  of  him,  turned  him  about  in 
the  press,  and  said,  Who  touched  my  clothes  ?  And  his  disciples  said  unto  him,  Thou  seest  the 
multitude  thronging  thee,  and  sayest  thou,  Who  touched  me  ?  And  he  looked  round  about  to 
see  her  that  had  done  this  thing.  But  the  woman  fearing  and  trembling,  knowing  what  was 
done  in  her,  came  and  fell  down  before  him,  and  told  him  all  the  truth.  And  he  said  unto 
her  Daughter,  thy  faith  hath  made  the  whole ;  go  in  peace,  and  be  whole  of  thy  plague. 

While  he  yet  spake,  there  came  from  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue's  house  certain  which  said^ 
Thy  daughter  is  dead:  why  troublest  thou  the  Master  any  further?  As  soon  as  Jesus  heard 
the  word  that  was  spoken,  he  saith  unto  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue.  Be  not  afraid,  only  believe. 
And  he  suffered  no  man  to  follow  him,  save  Peter,  and  James,  and  John  the  brother  of  James. 
And  he  cometh  to  the  house  of  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue,  and  seeth  the  tumult,  and  them 
that  wept  and  wailed  greatly.  And  when  he  was  come  in,  he  saith  unto  them.  Why  make  ye 
this  ado,  and  weep  ?  the  damsel  is  not  dead,  but  sleepeth.  And  they  laughed  him  to  scorn. 
But  when  he  had  put  them  all  out,  he  taketh  the  father  and  the  mother  of  the  damsel,  and  them 
that  were  with  him,  and  entereth  in  where  the  damsel  was  lying.  And  he  took  the  damsel  by 
the  hand,  and  said  unto  her,  Talitha  cumi ;  which  is,  being  interpreted,  Damsel,  I  say  unto  thee, 
arise.  And  straightway  the  damsel  arose,  and  walked  ;  for  she  was  of  the  age  of  twelve  years. 
And  they  were  astonished  with  a  great  astonishment. 

And  he  charged  them  straitly  that  no  man  should  know  it ;  and  commanded  that  some- 
thing should  be  given  her  to  eat. — Mark  v,  22-4J, 


7a 

V  - 


THE    GOOD    SAMARITAN. 


But  he,  willmg  to  justify  himself,  said  unto  Jesus,  And  who  is  my  neighbor? 

And  Jesus  answering  said,  A  certain  man  went  down  from  Jerusalem  to  Jericho,  and  fell 
among  thieves,  which  stripped  him  of  his  raiment,  and  wounded  him,  and  departed,  leaving 
him  half  dead.  And  by  chance  there  came  down  a  certain  priest  that  way :  and  when  he  saw 
him,  he  passed  by  on  the  other  side.  And  likewise  a  Levite,  when  he  was  at  the  place,  came 
and  looked  on  him,  and  passed  by  on  the  other  side.  But  a  certain  Samaritan,  as  he  jour- 
neyed, came  where  he  was  :  and  when  he  saw  him,  he  had  compassion  on  him.  And  went  to 
him,  and  bound  up  his  wounds,  pouring  in  oil  and  wine,  and  set  him  on  his  own  beast,  and 
brought  him  to  an  inn,  and  took  care  of  him.  And  on  the  morrow  when  he  departed,  he  took 
out  two  pence,  and  gave  them  to  the  host,  and  said  unto  him.  Take  care  of  him  ;  and  whatso- 
ever thou  spendest  more,  when  I  come  again,  I  will  repay  thee.  Which  now  of  these  three, 
thinkest  thou,  was  neighbor  unto  him  that  fell  among  the  thieves  ? 

And  he  said,  He  that  shewed  mercy  on  him. 

Then  said  Jesus  unto  him,  Go,  and  do  thou  likewise. — Luke  x,  2p-j/. 


73 


ARRIVAL  OF  THE  SAMARITAN  AT  THE  INN. 


But  a  certain  Samaritan,  as  he  journeyed,  came  where  he  was ;  and  when  he  saw  him,  he 
had  compassion  on  him,  and  went  to  him,  and  bound  up  his  wounds,  pouring  in  oil  and  wine, 
and  set  him  on  his  own  beast,  and  brought  him  to  an  inn,  and  took  care  of  him. — Luke 
X,  33-34- 


74 


THE    PRODIGAL    SON. 


Likewise,  I  say  unto  you,  there  is  joy  in  the  presence  of  the  angels  of  God  over  one 
sinner  that  repenteth. 

And  he  said,  a  certain  man  had  two  sons  :  and  the  younger  of  them  said  to  his  father^ 
Father,  give  me  the  portion  of  goods  that  falleth  to  me.     And  he  divided  unto  them  his  Hving. 

And  not  many  days  after  the  younger  son  gathered  all  together,  and  took  his  journey  into 
a  far  country,  and  there  wasted  his  substance  with  riotous  living.  And  when  he  had  spent  all, 
there  arose  a  mighty  famine  in  that  land  ;  and  he  began  to  be  in  want.  And  he  went  and 
joined  himself  to  a  citizen  of  that  country ;  and  he  sent  him  into  his  fields  to  feed  swine.  And 
he  would  fain  have  filled  his  belly  with  the  husks  that  the  swine  did  eat :  and  no  man  gave 
unto  him. 

And  when  he  came  to  himself,  he  said,  How  many  hired  servants  of  my  father's  have  bread 
enough  and  to  spare,  and  I  perish  with  hunger !  I  will  arise  and  go  to  my  father,  and  will  say 
unto  him,  Father,  I  have  sinned  against  heaven,-  and  before  thee,  and  am  no  more  worthy  to 
be  called  thy  son  :  make  me  as  one  of  thy  hired  servants. 

'  And  he  arose,  and  came  to  his  father.  But  when  he  was  yet  a  great  way  off,  his  father 
saw  him,  and  had  compassion,  and  ran,  and  fell  on  his  neck,  and  kissed  him.  And  the  son  said 
unto  him.  Father,  I  have  sinned  against  heaven,  and  in  thy  sight,  and  am  no  more  worthy  to  be 
called  thy  son.  But  the  father  said  to  his  servants,  Bring  forth  the  best  robe,  and  put  it  on 
him  ;  and  put  a  ring  on  his  hand,  and  shoes  on  his  feet :  And  bring  hither  the  fatted  calf,  and 
kill  it ;  and  let  us  eat,  and  be  merry :  for  this  my  son  was  dead,  and  is  ahve  again ;  he  was  lost, 
and  is  found.     And  they  began  to  be  merry. 

Now  his  elder  son  was  in  the  field :  and  as  he  came  and  drew  nigh  to  the  house,  he  heard 
music  and  dancing.     And  he  called  one  of  the  servants,  and  asked  what  these  things  meant. 

And  he  said  unto  him,  thy  brother  is  come  ;  and  thy  father  hath  killed  the  fatted  calf, 
because  he  hath  received  him  safe  and  sound. 

And  he  was  angry,  and  would  not  go  in  :  therefore  came  his  father  out,  and  intreated  him. 
And  he  answering  said  to  his  father,  Lo,  these  many  years  do  I  serve  thee,  neither  transgressed 
I  at  any  time  thy  commandment :  and  yet  thou  never  gavest  me  a  kid,  that  I  might  make  merry 
with  my  friends  :  but  as  soon  as  this  thy  son  was  come,  which  hath  devoured  thy  living  with 
harlots,  thou  hast  killed  for  him  the  fatted  calf. 

And  he  said  unto  him,  Son,  thou  art  ever  with  me,  and  all  that  I  have  is  thine.  It  was  meet 
that  we  should  make  merry,  and  be  glad  :  for  this  thy  brother  was  dead,  and  is  alive  again;  and 
was  lost,  and  is  found. — Luke  xv,  io-j2, 


75 


LAZARUS   AND   THE    RICH    MAN. 


There  was  a  certain  rich  man,  which  was  clothed  in  purple  and  fine  linen,  and  fared  sumpt- 
uously every  day : 

And  there  was  a  certain  beggar  named  Lazarus,  which  was  laid  at  his  gate,  full  of  sores, 
and  desiring  to  be  fed  with  the  crumbs  which  fell  from  the  rich  man's  table  :  moreover  the 
dogs  came  and  licked  his  sores. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  beggar  died,  and  was  carried  by  the  angels  into  Abraham's 
bosom :  the  rich  man  also  died,  and  was  buried ;  and  in  hell  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  being  in  tor- 
ments, and  seeth  Abraham  afar  off,  and  Lazarus  in  his  bosom.  And  he  cried  and  said,  Father 
Abraham,  have  mercy  on  me,  and  send  Lazarus,  that  he  may  dip  the  tip  of  his  finger  in  water 
and  cool  my  tongue ;  for  I  am  tormented  in  this  flame. 

But  Abraham  said,  Son,  remember  that  thou  in  thy  lifetime  receivedst  thy  good  things, 
and  likewise  Lazarus  evil  things  :  but  now  he  is  comforted,  and  thou  art  tormented.  And 
beside  all  this,  between  us  and  you  there  is  a  great  gulf  fixed  :  so  that  they  which  would  pass 
from  hence  to  you  cannot ;  neither  can  they  pass  to  us,  that  would  come  from  thence. 

Then  he  said,  I  pray  thee  therefore,  father,  that  thou  wouldest  send  him  to  my  father's 
house  :  for  I  have  five  brethren  ;  that  he  may  testify  unto  them,  lest  they  also  come  into  this 
place  of  torment. 

Abraham  saith  unto  him,  They  have  Moses  and  the  prophets  ;  let  them  hear  them. 

And  he  said.  Nay,  father  Abraham  :  but  if  one  went  unto  them  from  the  dead,  they  will 
repent. 

And  he  said  unto  him,  If  they  hear  not  Moses  and  the  prophets,  neither  will  they  be  per- 
suaded, though  one  rose  from  the  dead. — Ltike  xvt,  ig—ji. 


76 


THE    PHARISEE    AND    THE    PUBLICAN. 


And  he  spake  this  parable  unto  certain  which  trusted  in  themselves  that  they  were  right- 
eous, and  despised  others  : 

Two  men  went  up  into  the  temple  to  pray ;  the  one  a  Pharisee,  and  the  other  a  publican. 
The  Pharisee  stood  and  prayed  thus  with  himself,  God,  I  thank  thee,  that  I  am  not  as  other 
men  are,  extortioners,  unjust,  adulterers,  or  even  as  this  publican.  I  fast  twice  in  the  week,  I 
give  tithes  of  all  that  I  possess.  And  the  publican,  standing  afar  off,  would  not  lift  up  so 
much  as  his  eyes  unto  heaven,  but  smote  upon  his  breast,  saying,  God  be  merciful  to  me  a 
sinner.  I  tell  you,  this  man  went  down  to  his  house  justified  rather  than  the  other :  for  every 
one  that  exalteth  himself  shall  be  abased  ;  and  he  that  humbleth  himself  shall  be  exalted.— 
Luke  xvtii,  9~^4' 


n 


JESUS   AND   THE    WOMAN    OF   SAMARIA. 


Then  cometh  he  to  a  city  of  Samaria,  which  is  called  Sychar,  near  to  the  parcel  of  ground 
that  Jacob  gave  to  his  son  Joseph,  Now  Jacob's  well  was  there.  Jesus  therefore,  being 
wearied  with  his  journey,  sat  thus  on  the  well :  and  it  was  about  the  sixth  hour.  There 
cometh  a  woman  of  Samaria  to  draw  water  :  Jesus  saith  unto  her,  Give  me  to  drink, 

(For  his  disciples  were  gone  away  unto  the  city  to  buy  meat.) 

Then  saith  the  woman  of  Samaria  unto  him,  How  is  it  that  thou,  being  a  Jew,  askest  drink 
of  me,  which  am  a  woman  of  Samaria?  for  the  Jews  have  no  dealings  with  the  Samaritans. 

Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  her,  If  thou  knewest  the  gift  of  God,  and  who  it  is  that 
saith  to  thee,  Give  me  to  drink  ;  thou  wouldest  have  asked  of  him,  and  he  would  have  given 
thee  living  water. 

The  woman  saith  unto  him,  Sir,  thou  hast  nothing  to  draw  with,  and  the  well  is  deep  : 
from  whence  then  hast  thou  that  living  water?  Art  thou  greater  than  our  father  Jacob,  which 
gave  us  the  well,  and  drank  thereof  himself,  and  his  children,  and  his  cattle  ? 

Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  her.  Whosoever  drinketh  of  this  water  shall  thirst  again  : 
but  whosoever  drinketh  of  the  water  that  I  shall  give  him  shall  never  thirst ;  but  the  water 
that  I  shall  give  him  shall  be  in  him  a  well  of  water  springing  up  into  everlasting  life. 

The  woman  saith  unto  him,  Sir,  give  me  this  water,  that  I  thirst  not,  neither  come  hither 
to  draw, 

Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Go,  call  thy  husband,  and  come  hither. 

The  woman  answered  and  said,  I  have  no  husband, 

Jesus  said  unto  her.  Thou  hast  well  said,  I  have  no  husband  :  for  thou  hast  had  five  hus- 
bands ;  and  he  whom  thou  now  hast  is  not  thy  husband :  in  that  saidst  thou  truly. 

The  woman  saith  unto  him.  Sir,  I  perceive  that  thou  art  a  prophet.  Our  fathers  wor- 
shiped in  this  mountain;  and  ye  say,  that  in  Jerusalem  is  the  place  where  men  ought  to  worship. 

Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Woman,  believe  me,  the  hour  cometh,  when  ye  shall  neither  in  this 
mountain,  nor  yet  at  Jerusalem,  worship  the  Father.  Ye  worship  ye  know  not  what :  we  know 
what  we  worship ;  for  salvation  is  of  the  Jews.  But  the  hour  cometh,  and  now  is,  when  the 
true  worshipers  shall  worship  the  Father  in  spirit  and  in  truth  :  for  the  Father  seeketh  such  to 
worship  him.  God  is  a  Spirit :  and  they  that  worship  him  must  worship  him  in  spirit  and  in 
truth. 

The  woman  saith  unto  him,  I  know  that  Messias  cometh,  which  is  called  Christ :  when  he 
is  come,  he  will  tell  us  all  things. 

Jesus  saith  unto  her,  I  that  speak  unto  thee  am  he. 

And  upon  this  came  his  disciples,  and  marveled  that  he  talked  with  the  woman  :  yet  no 
man  said,  What  seekest  thou  ?  or.  Why  talkest  thou  with  her  ? 

The  woman  then  left  her  waterpot,  and  went  her  way  into  the  city,  and  saith  to  the  men, 
Come,  see  a  man,  which  told  me  all  things,  that  ever  I  did  :  is  not  this  the  Christ  ? 

Then  they  went  out  of  the  city,  and  came  unto  him. — John  tv,  5-30. 


78 


JESUS    AND    THE    WOMAN    TAKEN    IN    ADULTERY. 


Jesus  went  unto  the  mount  of  Olives.  And  early  in  the  morning  he  came  again  into  the 
temple,  and  all  the  people  came  unto  him ;  and  he  sat  down,  and  taught  them. 

And  the  scribes  and  Pharisees  brought  unto  him  a  woman  taken  in  adultery  ;  and  when 
they  had  set  her  in  the  midst,  they  say  unto  him,  Master,  this  woman  was  taken  in  adultery,  in 
the  very  act.  Now  Moses  in  the  law  commanded  us,  that  such  should  be  stoned :  but  what 
sayest  thou?     This  they  said,  tempting  him,  that  they  might  have  to  accuse  him. 

But  Jesus  stooped  down,  and  with  his  finger  wrote  on  the  ground,  as  though  he  heard 
them   not. 

So  when  they  continued  asking  him,  he  lifted  up  himself,  and  said  unto  them,  He  that  is 
without  sin  among  you,  let  him  first  cast  a  stone  at  her. 

And  again  he  stooped  down,  and  wrote  on  the  ground. 

And  they  which  heard  it,  being  convicted  by  their  own  conscience,  went  out  one  by  one, 
beginning  at  the  eldest,  even  unto  the  last ;  and  Jesus  was  left  alone,  and  the  woman  standing 
in  the  midst. 

When  Jesus  had  lifted  up  himself,  and  saw  none  but  the  woman,  he  said  unto  her,  Woman 
where  are  those  thine  accusers  ?  hath  no  man  condemned  thee  ? 

She  said.  No  man,  Lord. 

And  Jesus  said  unto  her.  Neither  do  I  condemn  thee  :  go,  and  sin  no  more. — -John  viti, 
j-ii. 


79 


THE  RESURRECTION  OF  LAZARUS. 


Now  Jesus  was  not  yet  come  into  the  town,  but  was  in  that  place  where  Martha  met 
him.  The  Jews  then  which  were  with  her  in  the  house,  and  comforted  her,  when  they  saw 
Mary,  that  she  rose  up  hastily  and  went  out,  followed  her,  saying.  She  goeth  unto  the  grave  to 
weep  there.  Then  when  Mary  was  come  where  Jesus  was,  and  saw  him,  she  fell  down  at  his 
feet,  saying  unto  him.  Lord,  if  thou  hadst  been  here,  my  brother  had  not  died. 

When  Jesus  therefore  saw  her  weeping,  and  the  Jews  also  weeping  which  came  with  her, 
he  groaned  in  the  spirit,  and  was  troubled,  and  said.  Where  have  ye  laid  him  ? 

They  said  unto  him,   Lord,  come  and  see. 

Jesus  wept. 

Then  said  the  Jews,  Behold  how  he  loved  him !  And  some  of  them  said.  Could  not  this 
man,  which  opened  the  eyes  of  the  blind,  have  caused  that  even  this  man  should  not  have  died  ? 

Jesus  therefore  again  groaning  in  himself  cometh  to  the  grave.  It  was  a  cave  and  a  stone 
lay  upon  it.     Jesus  said,  Take  ye  away  the  stone. 

Martha,  the  sister  of  him  that  was  dead,  saith  unto  him.  Lord,  by  this  time  he  stinketh  : 
for  he  hath  been  dead  four  days. 

Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Said  I  not  unto  thee,  that,  if  thou  wouldest  believe,  thou  shouldest 
see  the  glory  of  God  ? 

Then  they  took  away  the  stone  from  the  place  where  the  dead  was  laid. 

And  Jesus  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  said,  Father,  I  thank  thee  that  thou  hast  heard  me.  And 
I  knew  that  thou  hearest  me  always :  but  because  of  the  people  which  stand  by  I  said  it,  that 
they  may  believe  that  thou  hast  sent  me. 

And  when  he  thus  had  spoken,  he  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  Lazarus,  come  forth. 

And  he  that  was  dead  came  forth,  bound  hand  and  foot  with  graveclothes  :  and  his  face 
was  bound  about  with  a  napkin. 

Jesus  saith  unto  them,  Loose  him,  and  let  him  go. 

Then  many  of  the  Jews  which  came  to  Mary,  and  had  seen  the  things  which  Jesus 
did,  believed  on  him. — John  xi,  30-4^. 


80 


I 


MARY    MAGDALENE. 


Of  Mary  "called  Magdalene"  (Luke  viii.  2)  but  few  particulars  are  recorded  in  scripture. 
We  first  hear  of  her  as  having  been  delivered  by  Jesus  of  seven  devils  (Luke  viii,  1-3  ;  Mark 
xvi,  9).  Impelled,  no  doubt,  by  gratitude  for  her  deliverance,  she  becomes  one  of  his  follow- 
ers, accompanying  him  thenceforward  in  all  his  wanderings  faithfully  till  his  death.  She  was 
the  first  person  to  whom  he  appeared  after  his  resurrection  (Mark  xvi,  9  ;  John  xx,  i,  11-18). 
The  common  belief  that  she  was  a  fallen  woman  is  destitute  of  the  slightest  foundation.  On 
the  contrary,  the  references  to  her  as  being  in  the  company  of  such  women  as  Joanna,  the  wife 
of  Herod's  steward,  Salome,  the  mother  of  James  and  John,  and  Mary,  the  mother  of  Jesus 
(Luke  viii,  3  ;  Mark  xvi,  40 ;  John  xix,  25),  strongly  discountenance  such  a  supposition.  The 
error,  which  had  no  other  source  than  ecclesiastical  tradition,  has  been  fostered  and  perpetuated 
by  the  stupid  blunder  of  the  translators  of  the  authorized  version  in  identifying  her  with  the 
"sinner"  who  is  described  in  Luke  vii,  37-50  as  washing  the  feet  of  Jesus  with  her  tears  (see 
head-note  to  Luke  vii). 

The  Roman  Catholic  notion  that  this  "  sinner  "  was  Mary  the  sister  of  Lazarus  is  almost 
equally  groundless  (see  Douay  Bible,  head-note  to  Matthew  xxvi,  and  the  foot-note  references 
to  Luke  vii,  2^'],  found  in  most  Catholic  Bibles).  The  only  reason  for  this  identification  is  that 
the  anointing  by  the  "sinner"  is  described  as  taking  place  in  the  house  of  a  Pharisee  named 
Simon  (Luke  vii,  36,  39-40,  43-44)  ;  that  the  anointing  by  the  unnamed  woman,  as  described 
in  Matthew  xxvi,  6-13  and  Mark  xiv,  3-9,  took  place  in  the  house  of  one  "Simon  the  leper," 
in  Bethany ;  and  that  Mary,  the  sister  of  Lazarus,  is  described  in  John  xi,  2,  and  xii,  3-8,  as 
anointing  Jesus  in  a  house  (apparently  that  of  Lazarus  himself)  in  Bethany,  when  a  conversa- 
tion ensues  altogether  different  from  that  recorded  in  Luke  vii,  but  similar  to  that  related  in 
Matthew  xxvi,  and  Mark  xiv,  save  that  the  objection  to  the  anointing  of  Jesus  is  made,  not  by 
"his  disciples  "  (Matthew  xxvi,  8),  not  by  "  some  that  had  indignation"  (Mark  xiv,  4),  but  by 
"one  of  his  disciples,  Judas  Iscariot,  Simon's  son  "  (John  xii,  4).  The  demeanor  of  Mary,  the 
sister  of  Lazarus,  is,  however,  by  no  means  that  of  a  fallen  and  sinful  though  penitent  woman, 
but  that  of  a  pious  and  good  one  (see  Luke  x,  39,  42  ;  John  xi,  28-33  >  ^ii'  3)- 

Dore's  illustration,  which  portrays  Mary  Magdalene  as  a  heartbroken  and  despairing  sin- 
ner, shows  that  he  has  fallen  into  the  common  error. 


8z 


THE  LAST  SUPPER. 


Now  the  first  day  of  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread  the  disciples  came  to  Jesus,  saying 
unto  him,  Where  wilt  thou  that  we  prepare  for  thee  to  eat  the  passover  ?  And  he  said.  Go 
into  the  city  to  such  a  man,  and  say  unto  him.  The  Master  saith.  My  time  is  at  hand  ;  I  will 
keep  the  passover  at  thy  house  with  my  disciples.  And  the  disciples  did  as  Jesus  had  ap- 
pointed them  ;  and  they  made  ready  the  passover. 

Now  when  the  even  was  come,  he  sat  down  with  the  twelve.  And  as  they  did  eat,  he 
said,  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  one  of  you  shall  betray  me. 

And  they  were  exceeding  sorrowful,  and  began  every  one  of  them  to  say  unto  him,  Lord, 
is  it  I  ? 

And  he  answered  and  said.  He  that  dippeth  his  hand  with  me  in  the  dish,  the  same  shall 
betray  me.  The  Son  of  man  goeth  as  it  is  written  of  him  :  but  woe  unto  that  man  by  whom 
the  Son  of  man  is  betrayed  !    it  had  been  good  for  that  man  if  he  had  not  been  born. 

Then  Judas,  which  betrayed  him,  answered  and  said.  Master,  is  it  I  ? 

He  said  unto  him.  Thou  hast  said. 

And  as  they  were  eating,  Jesus  took  bread,  and  blessed  it,  and  brake  it,  and  gave  it  to 
the  disciples,  and  said.  Take,  eat ;  this  is  my  body.  And  he  took  the  cup,  and  gave  thanks, 
and  gave  it  to  them,  saying.  Drink  ye  all  of  it ;  for  this  is  my  blood  of  the  new  testament, 
which  is  shed  for  many  for  the  remission  of  sins.  But  I  say  unto  you,  I  will  not  drink  hence- 
forth of  this  fruit  of  the  vine,  until  that  day  when  I  drink  it  new  with  you  in  my  Father's 
kingdom. 

And  when  they  had  sung  an  hymn,  they  went  out  into  the  mount  of  Olives.: — Matthew 
xxvi,  ij-jo. 


THE   AGONY    IN    THE    GARDEN. 


And  he  came  out,  and  went,  as  he  was  wont,  to  the  mount  of  OHves ;  and  his  discip.es  also 
followed  him.  And  when  he  was  at  the  place,  he  said  unto  them,  Pray  that  ye  enter  not  into 
temptation. 

And  he  was  withdrawn  from  them  about  a  stone's  cast,  and  kneeled  down,  and  prayed. 
Saying,  Father,  if  thou  be  willing,  remove  this  cup  from  me :  nevertheless  not  my  will,  but 
thine,  be  done.  .    ' 

And  there  appeared  an  angel  unto  him  from  heaven,  strengthening  him. 

And  being  in  an  agony  he  prayed  more  earnestly :  and  his  sweat  was  as  it  were  great  drops 
of  blood  falling  down  to  the  ground. 

And  when  he  rose  up  from  prayer,  and  was  come  to  his  disciples,  he  found  them  sleeping 
for  sorrow,  and  said  unto  them,  Why  sleep  ye  ?  rise  and  pray,  lest  ye  enter  into  temptation. 
— Luke  xxii,  jg-^6. 


«3 


PRAYER   OF   JESUS    IN    THE    GARDEN    OF    OLIVES. 


Then  cometh  Jesus  with  them  unto  a  place  called  Gethsemane,  and  saith  unto  the  disci- 
ples, Sit  ye  here,  while  I  go  and  pray  yonder.  And  he  took  with  him  Peter  and  the  two  sons 
of  Zebedee,  and  began  to  be  sorrowful  and  very  heavy.  Then  saith  he  unto  them,  My  soul  is 
exceeding  sorrowful,  even  unto  death  :  tarry  ye  here,  and  watch  with  me. 

And  he  went  a  little  farther,  and  fell  on  his  face,  and  prayed,  saying,  O  my  Father,  if  it 
be  possible,  let  this  cup  pass  from  me  :  nevertheless  not  as  I  will,  but  as  thou  wilt. 

And  he  cometh  unto  the  disciples,  and  findeth  them  asleep,  and  saith  unto  Peter,  What, 
could  ye  not  watch  with  me  one  hour?  Watch  and  pray,  that  ye  enter  not  into  temptation: 
the  spirit  indeed  is  willing,  but  the  flesh  is  weak. 

He  went  away  again  the  second  time,  and  prayed,  saying,  O  my  Father,  if  this  cup  may 
not  pass  away  from  me,  except  I  drink  it,  thy  will  be  done. 

And  he  came  and  found  them  asleep  again  :  for  their  eyes  were  heavy. 

And  he  left  them,  and  went  away  again,  and  prayed  the  third  time,  saying  the  same 
words. 

Then  cometh  he  to  his  disciples,  and  saith  unto  them.  Sleep  on  now,  and  take  your  rest : 
behold,  the  hour  is  at  hand,  and  the  Son  of  man  is  betrayed  into  the  hands  of  sinners.  Rise, 
let  us  be  going :  behold,  he  is  at  hand  that  doth  betray  me. — Matthew  xxvt,  36-46. 


84 


THE  BETRAYAL. 


And  he  cometh  the  third  time,  and  saith  unto  them,  Sleep  on  now,  and  take  your  rest: 
it  is  enough,  the  hour  is  come  ;  behold,  the  Son  of  man  is  betrayed  into  the  hands  of  sinners. 
Rise  up,  let  us  go  ;  lo,  he  that  betrayeth  me  is  at  hand. 

And  immediately,  while  he  yet  spake,  cometh  Judas,  one  of  the  twelve,  and  with  him  a 
great  multitude  with  swords  and  staves,  from  the  chief  priests  and  the  scribes  and  the  elders. 
And  he  that  betrayed  him  had  given  them  a  token,  saying,  Whomsoever  I  shall  kiss,  that  same 
is  he ;  take  him,  and  lead  him  away  safely.  And  as  soon  as  he  was  come,  he  goeth  straight- 
way to  him,  and  saith,  Master,  master ;  and  kissed  him. 

And  they  laid  their  hands  on  him,  and  took  him.  And  one  of  them  that  stood  by  drew 
a  sword,  and  smote  a  servant  of  the  high  priest,  and  cut  off  his  ear.  And  Jesus  answered  and 
said  unto  them.  Are  ye  come  out,  as  against  a  thief,  with  swords  and  with  staves  to  take  me  ? 
I  was  daily  with  you  in  the  temple  teaching,  and  ye  took  me  not :  but  the  scriptures  must  be 
fulfilled. 

And  they  all  forsook  him,  and  fled. — Mark  xw,  ^i—^o. 


8£ 


CHRIST    FAINTING    UNDER    THE    CROSS. 


The  incident  depicted  in  this  illustration  seems  to  be  as  apocryphal  as  that  embodied  in  the 
artist's  picture  of  Mary  Magdalene.  There  is  absolutely  no  warrant  in  scripture  for  the  notion 
that  Christ  fainted  under  the  burden  of  the  cross.  The  only  foundation  for  such  an  idea  to  be 
found  in  the  Bible  is  contained  in  the  head  note  to  Mark  xv,  which  is  quite  unwarranted  by  the 
text.  According  to  the  three  synoptic  gospels  the  cross  was  borne  not  by  Christ,  but  by 
Simon,  a  Cyrenian  (see  Matthew  xxvii,  32  ;  Mark  xv,  21  ;  Luke  xxiii,  26).  According  to  the 
fourth  evangelist,  Jesus  bore  the  cross  without  assistance  the  whole  distance  to  the  place  of 
crucifixion  (John  xix,  16-18).  In  not  one  of  the  four  narratives  is  there  so  much  as  a  hint  that 
he  fainted  under  the  burden. 


86 


THE    FLAGELLATION. 


Then  released  he  Barabbas  unto  them  :  and  when  he  had  scourged  Jesus,  he  delivered 
him  to  be  crucified. — Matthew  xxvii,  26. 

And  so  Pilate,  willing  to  content  the  people,  released  Barabbas  unto  them,  and  delivered 
Jesus,  when  he  had  scourged  him,  to  be  crucified. — Mark  xv,  i§. 

Then  Pilate  therefore  took  Jesus,  and  scourged  him. — -John  xix,  i. 


87 


THE  CRUCIFIXION. 


And  when  they  were  come  unto  a  place  called  Golgotha,  that  is  to  say,  a  place  of  a  skull, 
they  gave  him  vinegar  to  drink  mingled  with  gall :  and  when  he  had  tasted  thereof,  he  would 
not  drink.  And  they  crucified  him,  and  parted  his  garments,  casting  lots :  that  it  might  be 
fulfilled  which  was  spoken  by  the  prophet,  They  parted  my  garments  among  them,  and  upon 
my  vesture  did  they  cast  lots.  And  sitting  down  they  watched  him  there;  and  set  up  over 
his  head  his  accusation  written.  THIS  IS  JESUS  THE   KING  OF  THE  JEWS. 

Then  were  there  two  thieves  crucified  with  him,  one  on  the  right  hand,  and  another  on 
the  left. 

And  they  that  passed  by  reviled  him,  wagging  their  heads,  and  saying.  Thou  that 
destroyest  the  temple,  and  buildest  it  in  three  days,  save  thyself.  If  thou  be  the  Son  of  God, 
come  down  from  the  cross. 

Likewise  also  the  chief  priests  mocking  him,  with  the  scribes  and  elders,  said.  He  saved 
others:  himself  he  cannot  save.  If  he  be  the  King  of  Israel,  let  him  now  come  down  from  the 
cross,  and  we  will  believe  him.  He  trusted  in  God  ;  let  him  deliver  him  now,  if  he  will  have 
him  :  for  he  said,  I  am  the  Son  of  God. 

The  thieves  also,  which  were  crucified  with  him,  cast  the  same  in  his  teeth. — Matthew 
xxvii,  33-44. 


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CLOSE  OF  THE   CRUCIFIXION. 


Now  from  the  sixth  hour  there  was  darkness  over  all  the  land  unto  the  ninth  hour.  And 
about  the  ninth  hour  Jesus  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  saying,  Eli,  Eli,  lama  sabachthani  ?  that  is 
to  say,  My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me  ? 

Some  of  them  that  stood  there,  when  they  heard  that,  said.  This  man  calleth  for  Elias. 
And  straightway  one  of  them  ran,  and  took  a  spunge,  and  filled  it  with  vinegar,  and  put  it  on 
a  reed,  and  gave  him  to  drink.  The  rest  said,  Let  be,  let  us  see  whether  Elias  will  come  to 
save  him. 

Jesus,  when  he  had  cried  again  with  a  loud  voice,  yielded  up  the  ghost. 

And,  behold,  the  veil  of  the  temple  was  rent  in  twain  from  the  top  to  the  bottom  ;  and  the 
earth  did  quake,  and  the  rocks  rent ;  and  the  graves  were  opened  ;  and  many  bodies  of  the 
saints  which  slept  arose,  and  came  out  of  the  graves  after  his  resurrection,  and  went  into  the 
holy  city,  and  appeared  unto  many. 

Now  when  the  centurion,  and  they  that  were  with  him,  watching  Jesus,  saw  the  earth- 
quake, and  those  things  that  were  done,  they  feared  greatly,  saying.  Truly  this  was  the  Son 
of  God. 

And  many  women  were  there  beholding  afar  off,  which  followed  Jesus  from  Galilee,  min> 
istering  unto  him  :  among  which  was  Mary  Magdalene,  and  Mary  the  mother  of  James  and 
J  OSes,  and  the  mother  of  Zebedee's  children. — Matthew  xxviiy  4S~5^' 


THE    BURIAL   OF   JESUS. 


When  the  even  was  come,  there  came  a  rich  man  of  Arimathea,  named  Joseph,  who  also 
himself  was  Jesus'  disciple  :  he  went  to  Pilate,  and  begged  the  body  of  Jesus.  Then  Pilate 
commanded  the  body  to  be  delivered.  And  when  Joseph  had  taken  the  body,  he  wrapped  it 
in  a  clean  linen  cloth,  and  laid  it  in  his  own  new  tomb,  which  he  had  hewn  out  in  the  rock :  and 
he  rolled  a  great  stone  to  the  door  of  the  sepulchre,  and  departed. 

And  there  was  Mary  Magdalene,  and  the  other  Mary,  sitting  over  against  the  sepul- 
chre.— Matthew  xxviz,  ^j-6i. 


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THE    ANGEL    AT    THE    SEPULCHRE. 


In  the  end  of  the  sabbath,  as  it  began  to  dawn  toward  the  first  day  of  the  week,  came 
Mary  Magdalene  and  the  other  Mary  to  see  the  sepulchre. 

And,  behold,  there  was  a  great  earthquake  :  for  the  angel  of  the  Lord  descended  from 
heaven,  and  came  and  rolled  back  the  stone  from  the  door,  and  sat  upon  it.  His  countenance 
was  like  lightning,  and  his  raiment  white  as  snow :  and  for  fear  of  him  the  keepers  did  shake, 
and  became  as  dead  men. 

And  the  angel  answered  and  said  unto  the  women.  Fear  not  ye :  for  I  know  that  ye  seek 
Jesus,  which  was  crucified.  He  is  not  here  :  for  he  is  risen,  as  he  said.  Come,  see  the  place 
where  the  Lord  lay.  And  go  quickly,  and  tell  his  disciples  that  he  is  risen  from  the  dead  ; 
and,  behold,  he  goeth  before  you  into  Galilee  ;  there  shall  ye  see  him  :  lo,  I  have  told  you. 

And  they  departed  quickly  from  the  sepulchre  with  fear  and  great  joy ;  and  did  run  to 
bring  his  disciples  word. — Matthew  xxvizi,  i-S. 


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•  •  •.  *     •  . 


THE   JOURNEY   TO    EMMAUS. 


And,  behold,  two  of  them  went  that  same  day  to  a  village  called  Emmaus  which  was  from 
Jerusalem  about  threescore  furlongs. 

And  they  talked  together  of  all  these  things  which  had  happened.  And  it  came  to  pass 
that,  while  they  communed  together  and  reasoned,  Jesus  himself  drew  near  and  went  with 
them.      But  their  eyes  were  holden  that  they  should  not  know  him. 

And  he  said  unto  them.  What  manner  of  communications  are  these  that  ye  have  one  to 
another,  as  ye  walk,  and  are  sad  ? 

And  the  one  of  them,  whose  name  was  Cleopas,  answering  said  unto  him.  Art  thou  only  a 
stranger  in  Jerusalem,  and  hast  not  known  the  things  which  are  come  to  pass  there  in  these 
days  ? 

And  he  said  unto  them.  What  things  ? 

And  they  said  unto  him.  Concerning  Jesus  of  Nazareth,  which  was  a  prophet  mighty  in 
deed  and  word  before  God  and  all  the  people :  And  how  the  chief  priests  and  our  rulers  deliv- 
ered him  to  be  condemned  to  death,  and  have  crucified  him.  But  we  trusted  that  it  had  been 
he  which  should  have  redeemed  Israel :  and  beside  all  this,  to-day  is  the  third  day  since  these 
things  were  done.  Yea,  and  certain  women  also  of  our  company  made  us  astonished,  which 
were  early  at  the  sepulchre ;  and  when  they  found  not  his  body,  they  came,  saying,  that  they 
had  also  seen  a  vision  of  angels,  which  said  that  he  was  alive.  And  certain  of  them  which  were 
with  us  went  to  the  sepulchre,  and  found  it  even  so  as  the  women  had  said :  but  him  they 
saw  not. 

Then  he  said  unto  them,  O  fools,  and  slow  of  heart  to  believe  all  that  the  prophets  have 
spoken  :  ought  not  Christ  to  have  suffered  these  things,  and  to  enter  into  his  glory  ? 

And  beginning  at  Moses  and  all  the  prophets,  he  expounded  unto  them  in  all  the  script- 
ures the  things  concerning  himself. 

And  they  drew  nigh  unto  the  village,  whither  they  went:  and  he  made  as  though  he  would 
have  gone  further.  But  they  constrained  him,  saying,  Abide  with  us:  for  it  is  toward  evening, 
and  the  day  is  far  spent.     And  he  went  in  to  tarry  with  them. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  sat  at  meat  with  them,  he  took  bread,  and  blessed  it,  and  brake, 
and  gave  to  them.  And  their  eyes  were  opened,  and  they  knew  him  ;  and  he  vanished  out  of 
their  sight. 

And  they  said  one  to  another.  Did  not  our  heart  burn  within  us,  while  he  talked  with  us 
by  the  way,  and  while  he  opened  to  us  the  scriptures  ? 

And  they  rose  up  the  same  hour,  and  returned  to  Jerusalem,  and  found  the  eleven  gath- 
ered together,  and  them  that  were  with  them,  saying,  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed,  and  hath 
appeared  to  Simon. 

And  they  told  what  things  were  done  in  the  way,  and  how  he  was  known  of  them  in  break- 
ing of  bread. — Luke  xxiv,  ij-j^. 


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THE    ASCENSION. 


Now  upon  the  first  day  of  the  week,  very  early  in  the  morning,  they  came  unto  the  sepul- 
chre, bringing  the  spices  which  they  had  prepared,  and  certain  others  with  them.  And  they 
found  the  stone  rolled  away  from  the  sepulchre.  *  *  -5^ 

And  they  remembered  his  words.  And  returned  from  the  sepulchre,  and  told  all  these 
things  unto  the  eleven,  and  to  all  the  rest.  *  ^  * 

And,  behold,  two  of  them  went  that  same  day  to  a  village  called  Emmaus,  which  was 
from  Jerusalem  about  threescore  furlongs.  And  they  talked  together  of  all  these  things 
which  had  happened.  *  «•  * 

And  they  rose  up  the  same  hour,  and  returned  to  Jerusalem,  and  found  the  eleven 
gathered  together,  and  them  that  were  with  them,  saying.  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed,  and 
hath  appeared  to  Simon.  And  they  told  what  things  were  done  in  the  way,  and  how  he 
was  known  of  them  in  breaking  of  bread.  And  as  they  thus  spake,  Jesus  himself  stood 
in  the  midst  of  them,  and  saith  unto  them.  Peace  be  unto  you.  *  *  4* 

And,  behold,  I  send  the  promise  of  my  Father  upon  you  :  but  tarry  ye  in  the  city  of 
Jerusalem,  until  ye  be  endued  with  power  from  on  high. 

And  he  led  them  out  as  far  as  to  Bethany,  and  he  lifted  up  his  hands,  and  blessed 
them.  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  he  blessed  them,  he  was  parted  from  them,  and  carried 
up  into  heaven.  And  they  worshiped  him,  and  returned  to  Jerusalem  with  great  joy. — 
Luke  xxiv,  1-2,  S-g,  13-14,  33-36,  4g-32. 

The  former  treatise  have  I  made,  O  Theophilus,  of  all  that  Jesus  began  both  to  do 
and  teach,  until  the  day  in  which  he  was  taken  up,  after  that  he  through  the  Holy  Ghost 
had  given  commandments  unto  the  apostles  whom  he  had  chosen  :  to  whom  also  he  shewed 
himself  alive  after  his  passion  by  many  infallible  proofs,  being  seen  of  them  forty  days,  and 
speaking  of  the  things  pertaining  to  the  kingdom  of  God  :  and,  being  assembled  together 
with  them,  commanded  them  that  they  should  not  depart  .from  Jerusalem,  but  wait  for  the 
promise  of  the  Father,  which,  saith  he,  ye  have  heard  of  me.  For  John  truly  baptized  with 
water;  but  ye  shall  be  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost  not  many  days  hence. 

When  they  therefore  were  come  together,  they  asked  of  him,  saying.  Lord,  wilt  thou  at 
this  time  restore  again  the  kingdom  of  Israel?  And  he  said  unto  them,  It  is  not  for  you  to 
know  the  times  or  the  seasons,  which  the  Father  hath  put  in  his  own  power.  But  ye  shall 
receive  power,  after  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon  you  :  and  ye  shall  be  witnesses  unto  me 
both  in  Jerusalem,  and  all  Judaea,  and  in  Samaria,  and  unto  the  uttermost  part  of  the  earth. 

And  when  he  had  spoken  these  things,  while  they  beheld,  he  was  taken  up  :  and  a  cloud 
received  him  out  of  their  sight.  And  while  they  looked  steadfastly  toward  heaven  as  he  went 
up,  behold,  two  men  stood  by  them  in  white  apparel. — Acts  2,  i-ro. 


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THE  MARTYRDOM  OF  ST.  STEPHEN. 


And  Stephen,  full  of  faith  and  power,  did  great  wonders  and  miracles  among  the  people. 

Then  there  arose  certain  of  the  synagogue,  which  is  called  the  synagogue  of  the  Liber- 
tines, and  Cyrenians,  and  Alexandrians,  and  of  them  of  Cilicia  and  of  Asia,  disputing  with 
Stephen.  And  they  were  not  able  to  resist  the  wisdom  and  the  spirit  by  which  he  spake. 
Then  they  suborned  men,  which  said.  We  have  heard  him  speak  blasphemous  words  against 
Moses  and  against  God.  And  they  stirred  up  the  people,  and  the  elders,  and  the  scribes,  and 
came  upon  him,  and  caught  him,  and  brought  him  to  the  council.  And  set  up  false  witnesses, 
which  said,  This  man  ceaseth  not  to  speak  blasphemous  words  against  this  holy  place,  and  the 
law:  for  we  have  heard  him  say,  that  this  Jesus  of  Nazareth  shall  destroy  this  place,  and  shall 
change  the  customs  which  Moses  delivered  us. 

And  all  that  sat  in  the  council,  looking  steadfastly  on  him,  saw  his  face  as  it  had  been 
the  face  of  an  angel. 

Then  said  the  high  priest.  Are  these  things  so  ? 

And  he  said,  Men,  brethren,  and  fathers,  hearken:  [Stephen  here  makes  his  defense, 
concluding  with  a  terrible  denunciation  of  the  Jews  as  being  stiffnecked  and  persecutors  of 
their  prophets,  and  as  betrayers  and  murderers  of  their  latest  one,  Jesus  Christ.] 

When  they  heard  these  things,  they  were  cut  to  the  heart,  and  they  gnashed  on  him  with 
their  teeth. 

But  he,  being  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  looked  up  steadfastly  into  heaven,  and  saw  the  glory 
of  God,  and  Jesus  standing  on  the  right  hand  of  God,  and  said,  Behold,  I  see  the  heavens 
opened,  and  the  Son  of  man  standing  on  the  right  hand  of  God. 

Then  they  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice,  and  stopped  their  ears,  and  ran  upon  him  with  one 
accord,  and  cast  him  out  of  the  city,  and  stoned  him :  and  the  witnesses  laid  down  their  clothes 
at  a  young  man's  feet,  whose  name  was  Saul.  And  they  stoned  Stephen,  calling  upon  God, 
and  saying.  Lord  JesHs,  receive  my  spirit. 

And  he  kneeled  down,  and  cried  with  a  loud  voice.  Lord,  lay  not  this  sin  to  their  charge. 
And  when  he  had  said  this,  he  fell  asleep. 

And  Saul  was  consenting  unto  his  death. — Acts  vi,  8-i^;  viz,  1-2,  54-56;  viii,  i. 


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SAUL'S   CONVERSION. 


And  Saul,  yet  breathing-  out  threatenings  and  slaughter  against  the  disciples  of  the  Lord, ' 
went  unto  the  high  priest,  and  desired  of  him  letters  to  Damascus  to  the  synagogues,  that  if 
he  found  any  of  this  way,  whether  they  were  men  or  women,  he  might  bring  them  bound  unto 
Jerusalem. 

And  as  he  journeyed,  he  came  near  Damascus  :  and  suddenly  there  shined  round  about 
him  a  light  from  heaven  :  and  he  fell  to  the  earth,  and  heard  a  voice  saying  unto  him,  Saul, 
Saul,  why  persecutest  thou  me  ?  And  he  said.  Who  art  thou.  Lord  ?  And  the  Lord  said,  I  am 
Jesus  whom  thou  persecutest :  it  is  hard  for  thee  to  kick  against  the  pricks.  And  he  trembling 
and  astonished  said,  Lord,  what  wilt  thou  have  me  to  do  ?  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Arise, 
and  go  into  the  city,  and  it  shall  be  told  thee  what  thou  must  do. 

And  the  men  which  journeyed  with  him  stood  speechless,  hearing  a  voice,  but  seeing  no 
man. 

And  Saul  arose  from  the  earth  ;  and  when  his  eyes  were  opened,  he  saw  no  man  :  but 
they  led  him  by  the  hand,  and  brought  him  into  Damascus.  And  he  was  three  days  without 
sight,  and  neither  did  eat  nor  drink. 

And  there  was  a  certain  dis.ciple  at  Damascus,  named  Ananias ;  and  to  him  said  the  Lord 
in  a  vision,  Ananias.     And  he  said.  Behold,  I  am  here.  Lord. 

And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Arise,  and  go  into  the  street  which  is  called  Straight,  and 
enquire  in  the  house  of  Judas  for  one  called  Saul,  of  Tarsus  :  for,  behold,  he  prayeth,  and  hath 
seen  in  a  vision  a  man  named  Ananias  coming  in,  and  putting  his  hand  on  him,  that  he  might 
receive  his  sight.  Then  Ananias  answered.  Lord,  I  have  heard  by  many  of  this  man,  how 
much  evil  he  hath  done  to  thy  saints  at  Jerusalem  :  and  here  he  hath  authority  from  the  chief 
priests  to  bind  all  that  call  on  thy  name.  But  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Go  thy  way :  for  he  is 
a  chosen  vessel  unto  me,  to  bear  my  name  before  the  Gentiles,  and  kings,  and  the  children  of 
Lsrael :  for  I  will  shew  him  how  great  things  he  must  suffer  for  my  name's  sake. 

And  Ananias  went  his  way,  and  entered  into  the  house ;  and  putting  his  hands  on  him 
said.  Brother  Saul,  the  Lord,  even  Jesus,  that  appeared  unto  thee  in  the  way  as  thou  earnest, 
hath  sent  me,  that  thou  mightest  receive  thy  sight,  and  be  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost.  And 
immediately  there  fell  from  his  eyes  as  it  had  been  scales  :  and  he  received  sight  forthwith, 
and  arose  and  was  baptized.     And  when  he  had  received  meat,  he  was  strengthened. 

Then  was  Saul  certain  days  with  the  disciples  which  were  at  Damascus.  And  straight- 
way he  preached  Christ  in  the  synagogues,  that  he  is  the  Son  of  God. — Ac^s  tx,  1-20. 


V5 


THE    DELIVERANCE    OF   ST.    PETER. 


Now  about  that  time  Herod  the  king  stretched  forth  his  hands  to  vex  certain  of  the 
church.     And  he  killed  James  the  brother  of  John  with  the  sword. 

And  because  he  saw  it  pleased  the  Jews,  he  proceeded  further  to  take  Peter  also.  (Then 
were  the  days  of  unleavened  bread.)  And  when  he  had  apprehended  him,  he  put  him  in 
prison,  and  delivered  him  to  four  quarternions  of  soldiers  to  keep  him  ;  intending  after  Easter 
to  bring  him  forth  to  the  people, 

Peter  therefore  was  kept  in  prison  :  but  prayer  was  made  without  ceasing  of  the  church 
unto  God  for  him. 

And  when  Herod  would  have  brought  him  forth,  the  same  night  Peter  was  sleeping 
between  two  soldiers,  bound  with  two  chains  :  and  the  keepers  before  the  door  kept  the  prison. 
And,  behold,  the  angel  of  the  Lord  came  upon  him,  and  a  light  shined  in  the  prison  :  and  he 
smote  Peter  on  the  side,  and  raised  him  up,  saying.  Arise  up  quickly.  And  his  chains  fell  off 
from  his  hands.  And  the  angel  said  unto  him.  Gird  thyself,  and  bind  on  thy  sandals:  And  so 
he  did.  And  he  saith  unto  him,  Cast  thy  garment  about  thee,  and  follow  me.  And  he  went 
out,  and  followed  him  ;  and  wist  not  that  it  was  true  which  was  done  by  the  angel ;  but 
thought  he  saw  a  vision.  When  they  were  past  the  first  and  the  second  ward,  they  came  unto 
the  iron  gate  that  leadeth  unto  the  city;  which  opened  to  them  of  his  own  accord  :  and  they 
went  out  and  passed  on  through  one  street ;  and  forthwith  the  angel  departed  from  him. 

And  when  Peter  was  come  to  himself,  he  said,  Now  I  know  of  a  surety,  that  the  Lord 
hath  sent  his  angel,  and  hath  delivered  me  out  of  the  hand  of  Herod,  and  from  all  the  expec- 
tation of  the  people  of  the  Jews. — ^c^s  xu,  i-ii, 


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PAUL  AT    EPHESUS. 


And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  while  Apollos  was  at  Corinth,  Paul  having-  passed  through  the 
upper  coasts  came  to  Ephesus ;  and  finding  certain  disciples,  he  said  unto  them.  Have  ye 
received  the  Holy  Ghost  since  ye  believed  ?  And  they  said  unto  him,  We  have  not  so  much 
as  heard  whether  there  be  any  Holy  Ghost.  And  he  said  unto  them.  Unto  what  then  were 
ye  baptized?  And  they  said,  Unto  John's  baptism.  Then  said  Paul,  John  verily  baptized 
with  the  baptism  of  repentance,  saying  unto  the  people,  that  they  should  believe  on  him  which 
should  come  after  him,  that  is,  on  Christ  Jesus. 

When  they  heard  this,  they  were  baptized  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  And  when 
Paul  had  laid  his  hands  upon  them,  the  Holy  Ghost  came  on  them  ;  and  they  spake  with, 
tongues,  and  prophesied.     And  all  the  men  were  about  twelve. 

And  he  went  into  the  synagogue,  and  spake  boldly  for  the  space  of  three  months,  disput 
ing  and  persuading  the  things  concerning  the  kingdom  of  God. 

But  when  divers  were  hardened,  and  believed  not,  but  spake  evil  of  that  way  before  tl.-c 
multitude,  he  departed  from  them,  and  separated  the  disciples,  disputing  daily  in  the  school  o^ 
one  Tyrannus.  And  this  continued  by  the  space  of  two  years ;  so  that  all  they  which  dweL  in 
Asia  heard  the  word  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  both  Jews  and  Greeks. 

And  God  wrought  special  miracles  by  the  hands  of  Paul  :  so  that  from  his  body  were 
brought  unto  the  sick  handkerchiefs  or  aprons,  and  the  diseases  departed  from  them,  a.id  the 
evil  spirits  went  out  of  them. 

Then  certain  of  the  vagabond  Jews,  exorcists,  took  upon  them  to  call  over  them  which 
had  evil  spirits  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  saying,  We  adjure  you  by  Jesus  whom  Paul  preach- 
eth.  And  there  were  seven  sons  of  one  Sceva,  a  Jew,  and  chief  of  the  priests,  which  did  so. 
And  the  evil  spirit  answered  and  said,  Jesus  I  know,  and  Paul  I  know  ;  but  who  are  ye?  And 
the  man  in  whom  the  evil  spirit  was  leaped  on  them,  and  overcame  them,  and  prevailed  against 
them,  so  that  they  fled  out  of  that  house  naked  and  wounded. 

And  this  was  known  to  all  the  Jews  and  Greeks  also  dwelling  at  Ephesus;  and  fear  fell  on 
them  all,  and  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  was  magnified.  And  many  that  believed  came,  and 
confessed,  and  shewed  their  deeds.  Many  of  them  also  which  used  curious  arts  brought  their 
books  together,  and  burned  them  before  all  men  :  and  they  counted  the  price  of  them,  and 
found  it  fifty  thousand  pieces  of  silver. 

So  mightily  grew  the  word  of  God  and  prevailed. — Acts  xix,  1-20. 


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PAUL  MENACED  BY  THE  JEWS. 


Do  therefore  this  that  we  say  to  thee  :  We  have  four  men  which  have  a  vow  on  them ; 
them  take,  and  purify  thyself  with  them,  and  be  at  charges  with  them,  that  they  may  shave 
their  heads  :  and  all  may  know  that  those  things,  whereof  they  were  informed  concerning  thee, 
are  nothing  ;  but  that  thou  thyself  also  walkest  orderly,  and  keepest  the  law.  *  *  * 

Then  Paul  took  the  men,  and  the  next  day  purifying  himself  with  them  entered  into  the 
temple,  to  signify  the  accomplishment  of  the  days  of  purification,  until  that  an  offering  should 
be  offered  for  every  one  of  them. 

And  when  the  seven  days  were  almost  ended,  the  Jews  which  were  of  Asia,  when  they  saw 
him  in  the  temple,  stirred  up  all  the  people,  and  laid  hands  on  him,  crying  out,  Men  of  Israel, 
help  :  this  is  the  man,  that  teacheth  all  men  every  where  against  the  people,  and  the  law,  and 
this  i)lace  :  and  further  brought  Greeks  also  into  the  temple,  and  hath  polluted  this  holy  place. 
(For  they  had  seen  before  with  him  in  the  city  Trophimus  an  Ephesian,  whom  they  supposed 
that  Paul  had  brought  into  the  temple.) 

And  all  the  city  was  moved,  and  the  people  ran  together :  and  they  took  Paul,  and  drew 
him  out  of  the  temple  :  and  forthwith  the  doors  were  shut.  And  as  they  went  about  to  kill  him. 
tidings  came  unto  the  chief  captain  of  the  band,  that  all  Jerusalem  was  in  an  uproar:  who 
immediately  took  soldiers  and  centurions,  and  ran  down  unto  them  :  and  when  they  saw  the 
chief  captain  and  the  soldiers,  they  left  beating  of  Paul.  Then  the  chief  captain  came  near,  and 
took  him,  and  commanded  him  to  be  bound  with  two  chains ;  and  demanded  who  he  was,  and 
what  he  had  done.  And  some  cried  one  thing,  some  another,  among  the  multitude  :  and  when 
he  could  not  know  the  certainty  for  the  tumult,  he  commanded  him  to  be  carried  into  the  castle. 
And  when  he  came  upon  the  stairs,  so  it  was,  that  he  was  borne  of  the  soldiers  for  the  violence 
of  the  people.     For  the  multitude  of  the  people  followed  after,  crying,  Away  with  him. 

And  as  Paul  was  to  be  led  into  the  castle,  he  said  unto  the  chief  captain,  May  I  speak  unto 
thee  ?  Who  said.  Canst  thou  speak  Greek  ?  Art  not  thou  that  Egyptian,  which  before  these 
days  madest  an  uproar,  and  leddest  out  into  the  wilderness  four  thousand  men  that  were  mur- 
derers? But  Paul  said,  I  am  a  man  which  am  a  Jew  of  Tarsus,  a  city  in  Cilicia,  a  citizen  of  no 
mean  city  :   and,  I  beseech  thee,  suffer  me  to  speak  unto  the  people. 

And  when  he  had  given  him  license,  Paul  stood  on  the  stairs,  and  beckoned  with  the  hand 
unto  the  people.  And  when  there  was  made  a  great  silence,  he  spake  unto  them  in  the 
Hebrew  tongue. — Acts  xxi,  2j-^o. 


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PAUL'S   SHIPWRECK. 


And  while  the  day  was  coming  on,  Paul  besought  them  all  to  take  meat,  saying,  This  day 
is  the  fourteenth  day  that  ye  have  tarried  and  continued  fasting,  having  taken  nothing.  Where- 
fore I  pray  you  to  take  some  meat ;  for  this  is  for  your  health  :  for  there  shall  not  a  hair  fall 
from  the  head  of  any  of  you. 

And  when  he  had  thus  spoken,  he  took  bread,  and  gave  thanks  to  God  in  presence  of  them 
all ;  and  when  he  had  broken  it,  he  began  to  eat.  Then  were  they  all  of  good  cheer,  and  they 
also  took  some  meat. 

And  we  were  in  all  in  the  ship  two  hundred  threescore  and  sixteen  souls. 

And  when  they  had  eaten  enough,  they  lightened  the  ship,  and  cast  out  the  wheat  into  the 
sea.  And  when  it  was  day,  they  knew  not  the  land :  but  they  discovered  a  certain  creek  with 
a  shore,  into  the  which  they  were  minded,  if  it  were  possible,  to  thrust  in  the  ship.  And  when 
they  had  taken  up  the  anchors^  they  committed  themselves  unto  the  sea,  and  loosed  the  rudder 
bands,  and  hoised  up  the  mainsail  to  the  wind,  and  made  toward  shore.  And  falling  into  a 
place  where  two  seas  met,  they  ran  the  ship  aground  ;  and  the  forepart  stuck  fast,  and  remained 
immovable,  but  the  hinder  part  was  broken  with  the  violence  of  the  waves.  And  the  soldiers' 
counsel  was  to  kill  the  prisoners,  lest  any  of  them  should  swim  out,  and  escape.  But  the  cen- 
turion, willing  to  save  Paul,  kept  them  from  their  purpose  ;  and  commanded  that  they  which 
could  swim  should  cast  themselves  first  into  the  sea,  and  get  to  land  :  and  the  rest,  some  on 
boards,  and  some  on  broken  pieces  of  the  ship.  And  so  it  came  to  pass,  that  they  escaped  all 
safe  to  land. 

And  when  they  were  escaped,  then  they  knew  that  the  island  was  called  Melita. 

And  the  barbarous  people  shewed  us  no  little  kindness  :  for  they  kindled  a  fire,  and 
received  us  every  one,  because  of  the  present  rain,  and  because  of  the  cold. — Acts  xxvii,  jj-44; 
xxviii,  1—2. 


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DEATH  OM  THE  PALE  HORSE. 


And  when  he  had  opened  the  fourth  seal,  I  heard  the  voice  of  the  fourth  beast  say,  Come 
and  see.  i 

And  I  looked,  and  behold  a  pale  horse  :  and  his  name  that  sat  on  him  was  Death,  and 
Hell  followed  with  him.  And  power  was  given  unto  them  over  the  fourth  part  of  the  earth, 
to  kill  with  sword,  and  with  hunger,  and  with  death,  and  with  the  beasts  of  the  earth. — Revela- 
Hon  vi^  y-8. 


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